Bulgaria, Kingdom. A National Order of Civil Merit, V. Class Knight, c. 1940 Auction in all totalling seventy pounds

in all totalling seventy pounds

issued in Kiel on 1 April 1895

likely maker is Meybauer

maker marked and dated "ELLIS BROS 1916" on the reverse

Bulgaria, Kingdom. A National Order of Civil Merit, V. Class Knight, c. 1940 Auction in all totalling seventy pounds( ). Instituted on August 2nd, 1891 by Prince Ferdinand I. Type II (1908 1944). In frosted silver, an arrow cross with white enamel arms and oak leaf branches in each quadrants, the obverse center presenting the monogram of the founder Knyaz Ferdinand I on a red enameled background, surrounded by a white enamel ring inscribed (For Civil Merit), reverse centre presenting the crowned Bulgarian Lion on red enameled background, with surround presenting