Catalog - Auction 70 - Day 1

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Olympic Comitee Badge, 1st Class
Breast Badge, 43x33 mm., gilt Bronze, original thin pin and maker's mark on reverse. An extremely rare badge, guaranteed original, in splendid condition! I RRRR!

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Olympic Comitee Badge, 2nd Class
Breast Badge, 42x33 mm., sivered Bronze, original thin pin and maker's mark on reverse. An extremely rare badge, guaranteed original, in splendid condition! I RRRR!

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Excellent Shooting Badge, Tsar Ferdinand I
Breast Badge, 64x45 mm., gilt, original repaired pin. Very fine condition, scarce! II R!

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Good Shooting Badge, Tsar Ferdinand I
Breast Badge, 67x44 mm., silvered, original vertical thin pin. Mint condition, scarce!! I R!

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Badge for Excellent Shooting, 1st Class, Tsar Boris III
Breast Badge, 41x26 mm., gilt and silvered, original screw and plate. Rare and superb condition! I

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Badge for Excellent Shooting, 2nd Class, Tsar Boris III
Breast Badge, 41x26 mm., silvered, original screw and plate. Rare and superb condition! I

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RailRoad Troops Excellence Badge
Breast Badge, 48x40 mm., gilt Bronze, one-side enameled, original screw and plate, maker's mark. Rare, extremely fine condition! I R!

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Royal Automobile Club Driver Badge
Breast Badge, 41x30 mm., Silver, original screw and plate, numbered "20" and maker's mark. Mint condition! Rare! I R!

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Excellent Military Truck Driver Badge
Breast Badge, 37x32 mm., silvered, original screw and plate. Mint condition! I

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Construction and Pioneer Unit Badge, 3rd Class
Breast Badge, 52x34 mm., Bronze, original screw and plate. Extremely fine condition! I

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Two cased, miniature photo-portraits from Royal property
Oval, hand-painted photo-porcelains, 70 x 58 mm., the first portraying the young, Bulgarian Crown Prince Boris, about the age of 15, in dress uniform with orders, the second, an infant Princess, both in a gold frame embossed as a laurel wreath and in the original, wine-red velvet case with fitted inner compartment. A beautiful group, belonged to a member of the Bulgarian Royal Family, probably Tsar Ferdinand or his wife, excellent condition. I R!

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Honour Cypher of Prince Alexander of Battenberg
Breast Badge, 27 x 18,5 mm., GOLD, with chiseled, cyrillic crowned �A�, resting on oval, medallion, concave towards the centre, the border, as a �garter� with a buckle below, with black enameled motto �? ???? ????�, the reverse, fitted with oblique, round pin. A scarce, beautiful honour badge of the Royal Cypher, as awarded by the first Prince of Bulgaria, excellent condition. Alexander Joseph (in Bulgarian: ?????????? I ?????????, 5 April 1857 � 23 October 1893), known as Alexander of Battenberg, the first Prince (Knyaz) of the Principality of Bulgaria from 1879 until his abdication in 1886, after the political turmoils following the suspension of the democratic constitution, declared by the Prince after Russia�s suggestion. After abdication, the Prince moved to Austria, where he entered in service of the Imperial Army. I RR!

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Royal Family�s Honour Gift of Princess Clementine of Orl�ans
Breast Badge, 19,5 x 12 mm., GOLD, crowned cyrillic �K�, profusely set with Diamonds, long, vertical golden pin, in the original, deep-sea-blue case of issue. A beautiful, very rare piece, excellent condition. Note: Marie Cl�mentine L�opoldine Caroline Clotilde d�Orl�ans (6 March 1817 � 16 February 1907), Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess of Saxony, was the sixth child of ten and youngest daughter of Louis- Philippe I, King of the French, and his wife Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies. She was the mother of Ferdinand I Prince of and later, Tsar of Bulgaria. I RR!

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Royal Family�s Honour Gift of Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria
Breast Badge, 21x13 mm., intricately-made, crowned, cyrillic �F� made of GOLD, set with Diamonds and Sapphires, on a golden, oval, blue enameled base, this, fitted to the reverse with vertical, golden pin and in the original, night-blue case of issue. A very rare honour badge, excellent quality and condition. Note: Ferdinand I (Bulgarian: ????????? I; 26 February 1861 � 10 September 1948), born Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was the second monarch of the Third Bulgarian State, firstly as ruling Prince (Knyaz) from 1887 to 1908, and later as King (Tsar) from 1908 until his abdication in 1918. I RR!

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Royal Family�s Honour Gift of Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria
Breast Badge, 20,5 x 15,5 mm., GOLD, latin �F� monogram, set with Diamonds, within green enameled, oval frame, surmounted by the Bulgarian Royal crown, also set with Diamonds, the reverse, with vertical, golden pin. A very rare badge, excellent quality and condition. Note: Ferdinand I (Bulgarian: ????????? I; 26 February 1861 � 10 September 1948), born Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was the second monarch of the Third Bulgarian State, firstly as ruling Prince (Knyaz) from 1887 to 1908, and later as King (Tsar) from 1908 until his abdication in 1918. I RR!

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Pendant with the Royal Cypher of Tsar Ferdinand I
Breast Badge, 28 mm., GOLD, round medallion, the obverse with green, translucent enamel, bearing applied, golden cyrillic monogram of Tsar Ferdinand I under Bulgarian crown with long pendalia. Round loop and small suspension ring, smooth, slightly convex reverse. A beautiful, rare, personal gift of the Tsar, from the early years of XX Century, excellent condition and very fine manufacture. I RR!

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Brooch with the Royal Cypher of Tsar Ferdinand I
Breast Badge, 21,4 x 12 mm., GOLD, �mirror�-type, latin, crowned cypher of Tsar Ferdinand, set with Diamonds, mounted on a horizontal, twisted, golden bar of square section, the reverse fitted with thin, round pin with safety catch. An excellently-made badge, as presented to foreign, non-slavic visiting personalities, extremely rare and excellent condition. I RR!

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Royal Honour Badge with Motto
Breast Badge, 35 x 15 mm., GOLD, with stylized monogram of King Ferdinand, superimposed with blue enameled scroll bearing the golden inscription �????????�, the reverse, fitted with pin and in the original, sand-brown morocco case of issue. An extremely rare badge, of the finest quality, excellent condition. I RR!

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Royal Family�s Honour Gift of Marie-Louise, Princess-Consort of Bulgaria
Breast Badge, 26 x 21 mm., GOLD, intertwined cyrillic letters �M� and �l�, respectively white and green enameled, surmounted by the Bulgarian crown with red enameled inner cap, the reverse, fitted with vertical, golden pin. A very rare badge, excellent condition. Note: Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma (Marie Louise Pia Theresa Anna Ferdinanda Francisca Antonia Margaret Josepha Carolina Blanche Lucia Apollonia, 17 January 1870 � 31 January 1899) was the eldest daughter of Robert I, the last reigning Duke of Parma. She became Princess-consort of Bulgaria upon her marriage to Ferdinand of Bulgaria, the then Prince-regnant (who became Tsar after her death). She was the mother of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria. I RR!