Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Alexander, V Class Knight With Crown, C.1900 Auction with a crimped barrel hinge

with a crimped barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch

The certificate for the Wound Badge confirms that Herrmann is eligible to wear it

(Verdienstabzeichen)

three Photographs (black and white: first photo illustrating twenty-eight soldiers with an "X" marked over Private Cruise's head

the obverse with a lightly textured interior “medallion” with a mobile swastika in the center and two wheat heads facing in opposite directions

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Alexander, V Class Knight With Crown, C.1900 Auction with a crimped barrel hinge( " "). Instituted in 1881. Type II with Imperial Crown. In silver with red and white enamels, measuring 39. 5 mm (w) x 71 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, intact enamels, original triangular ribbon with hook and eye, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of St Alexander was the second highest Bulgarian order during the Kingdom of Bulgaria. It was established by Knyaz Alexander I with a decree on December 25, 1881, named in honour of the patron