Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iii Class, Commander, C.1918 Archive with gilt rank pips attached

with gilt rank pips attached

Just prior to the advance Major Pearkes was wounded in the thigh

He was awarded his ISM on August 11

RGA SR on 30 October 1914

marked with the RZM" insignia

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, Iii Class, Commander, C.1918 Archive with gilt rank pips attached. Instituted in 1900. Type I (1900 1937). In bronze gilt with red, white and green enamels, measuring 63. 8 mm (w) x 95. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its Imperial crown suspension, intact enamels, on a full length replacement ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Military Merit is a Bulgarian order during the Kingdom of Bulgaria and the Republic of Bulgaria. In is the third highest order in the Republic of Bulgaria along with the Order of Civil