Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, I Class Star, c.1914 Auction and Medal of the Armed

and Medal of the Armed Resistance 1940-1945 (bronze

and topped by an inscription of “NARVIK” with a German national eagle perched on top of a wreathed mobile swastika

The rest of the war Knie was stationed in or near Germany to defend the homeland from the advancing Allied forces

11 January 1945)

working forward under heavy machine-gun and artillery fire and taking his objective

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, I Class Star, c.1914 Auction and Medal of the Armed( ). Instituted May 18th, 1900. A large eight point star, a four point silver base with clusters of smooth rays, with four silver gilt rays adhered to the silver base by rivets on the reverse, the obverse medallion features a red enamelled cross with swords piercing the center, the medallion features the monogram of its founder, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, surrounded by a ring of green enamels inscribed , the reverse presents a vertical pin, measures 90.