Decorations and Medals of the Principality of Bulgaria, 1878-1908
Decorations and Medals of the Kingdom of Bulgaria, 1908-1946
Page updated: Mar. 1, 2007



 
 
 
 

Order of SS Cyril and Methodius (Collar (2), Grand Cross) (1909)

Military Order of Bravery (Grand Cross) (1886)
 
 
 
 

Order of St. Alexander (Grand Cross) (1881)

National Order of Civil Merit (Grand Cross) (1891)
 
 
 
 

National Order of Military Merit (Grand Cross) (1900)

Order of St. Alexander (1st Class) (1908)
 
 
 
 

National Order of Civil Merit (1st Class) (1933)

National Order of Military Merit (1st Class) (1933)
 
 
 
 

Military Order of Bravery (GC, 1st Class, 2nd Class, 3rd Class (2), 4th Class (2)) (1880)

Order of St. Alexander (Collar (2), GC, 1st Class, GOf, Com, Of, Knight, S. Cross) (1881)

National Order of Civil Merit (GC, 1st Class, GOf, Com, Of, Knight, S. Cross) (1891)

National Order of Military Merit - war merit (Of, Knight, S. Cross) (1900)

National Order of Military Merit (GC, 1st Class, GOf, Com, Of, Knight, S. Cross) (1900)
 
 
 
 

Order of Merit - war merit (g, s) (1881)

Order of Merit (g, s) (1881)

Decoration for Philantropy (4 classes) (1917)

Cross of the Order of Bravery (g (2), s (2)) (1879)

Medal of Merit - war merit (g, s, b) (1881)
 
 
 
 

Medal of Merit (g, s, b) (1881)

Medal for Science & Arts (g, s) (1883)

Life Saving Medal (g, s, b) (1908)

Red Cross Decoration of Merit (1st, 2nd Class) (1908)

Red Cross Decoration of Merit (3rd Class) (1908)
 
 
 
 

Officer Long Service Cross (20 years, 10 years) (1889)

NCO Long Service Cross (20 years, 10 years) (1933)

10 Year-Service for King Boris III Decoration (1928)

Decoration for Saving Military Banner (1922)

Accession of Prince Ferdinand Cross (3 classes) (1887)
 
 
 
 

Commemorative Cross of the Independence of Bulgaria (1909)

War with Serbia Medal, 1885 (1886)

Turkish War Medal, 1912-1913 - combatants (1933)

Turkish War Medal, 1912-1913 - non-combatants (1933)

Turkish War Medal, 1912-1913 - posthumous (1933)
 
 
 
 

War Medal, 1915-1918 - combatants (1933)

War Medal, 1915-1918 - non-combatants (1933)

War Medal, 1915-1918 - posthumous (1933)

Queen Eleonre Decoration of Honor (1913)

Patriotic War Medal 1944-1945 (1945)
 
 
 
 

Accession of Prince Alexander Medal (1879)

Liberation Medal, 1877-1878 (1880)

Medal for Giving Standards to Bulgarian Troops (1881)

Construction of Yambol-Burgas Railway Medal (1890)

Ferdinand I & Maria Louise Wedding Medal (g, s, b) (1893)
 
 
 
 

Princess Clementine 80th Jubilee Decoration (g, s, b) (1899)

Princess Clementine 80th Jubilee Decoration - alternative ribbon (g, s, b) (1899)

Commemorative Medal of the 25th Anniversary the April Insurrection of 1876 (1901)

Jubilee Medal of the 25th Anniversary of the Reign of Ferdinand I (g, b) (1912)

50 Years of Liberation of Bulgaria Decoration of Honor (1928)
 
 
 
 

Boris III & Princess Joan Wedding Medal (s, b) (1930)

Medal for Philantropy (g, s, b) (1908)

Red Cross Medal (g, s , b) (1918)




Decorations and Medals of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1947-1950




 
 
 
 

Military Order of Bravery (1st Class, 2nd Class, 3rd Class (2), 4th Class (2)) (1880)

Order of St. Alexander (GC, 1st Class, GOf, Com, Of, Knight, S. Cross) (1881)

National Order of Civil Merit (GC, 1st Class, GOf, Com, Of, Knight, S. Cross) (1891)

National Order of Military Merit - war merit (GOf, Com, Of, Knight, S. Cross) (1900)

National Order of Military Merit (GC, 1st Class, GOf, Com, Of, Knight, S. Cross) (1900)
 
 
 
 

Cross of the Order of Bravery (g (2), s (2)) (1879)

Medal of Merit - war merit (g, s, b) (1881)

Medal of Merit (g, s, b) (1881)

Medal for Science & Arts (g, s) (1883)

Life Saving Medal (g, s, b) (1908)
 
 
 
 

Medal for Participation in the Antifascist Struggle (1948)

Medal for Participation in the People's Rising 1923 (1948)

Patriotic War Medal 1944-1945 (1945)

Note: in 1950 a completely new award system of the People's Republic, based on that of the USSR, was introduced. It can be viewed here.


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