Decorations and Medals of the Principality of Bulgaria, 1878-1908 Decorations and Medals of the Kingdom of Bulgaria, 1908-1946 |
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| ![]() 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)
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Decorations and Medals of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1947-1950 |
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| ![]() 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)
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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.