✚10577✚ Bulgarian Kingdom WW1 Royal Medal for Merit in Silver Boris III

Original Bulgarian WW1 Royal Medal for Merit in Silver (Boris III.), IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, ON GENUINE TRIFOLD RIBBON, A REALLY GOOD DETAILED EXAMPLE WITH ATTRACTIVE FINISH

HISTORY OF THE AWARD:

Bulgarian Royal Medal for Merit, bronze, Boris III. - Circular bronze medal with loop for ribbon suspension; the face with the head of King Boris III facing left circumscribed with his name and title; the reverse inscribed ‘ЗА ЗАСЛУГА’ (for merit) above a five-pointed star within a wreath of oak and laurel; on replaced correct ribbon. The Medal for Merit was founded on 25 December 1881 and awarded in three classes, gold (rarely awarded), silver and bronze for service to the Crown or Fatherland, the silver medal being awarded to middle-ranking officials and officers, the bronze to non-commissioned officers and lower-ranking officials. Boris III (Bulgarian: Борѝс III; 30 January [O.S. 18 January] 1894 – 28 August 1943), originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver (Boris Clement Robert Mary Pius Louis Stanislaus Xavier), was the Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1918 until his death in 1943.