Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order of Saint Alexander, III. Class Commander, c.1920 Province of China dual screwbacks)

dual screwbacks)

constructed of heavy olive-drab wool

It is engraved "Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit" (In Memory of My Service Period) inside a ribbon banner on the obverse of the blade

a First World War combatant

branches of palm leaves framing the date "1915" (the year Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary and entered the war on the side of the Allies: Britain

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order of Saint Alexander, III. Class Commander, c.1920 Province of China dual screwbacks)( " "). Instituted December 25th, 1881. Type II, A fine quality jeweller made example of this award, constructed of gilded silver, the obverse consisting of a green enamelled Cross Patte with vaulted arms with a central red enamelled medallion bearing a golden rampant lion, surrounded by a band of white enamels inscribed with (God with Us) in Bulgarian with laurels at the base, the reverse with a central white enamelled medallion inscribed 19 1878