Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order of St. Alexander, III Class Commander consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac four Slip-On Shoulder Straps

four Slip-On Shoulder Straps

Zum Ruhm Des Sports” (To the Honour of the Fatherland

” The box in the upper-right corner contains “Schm

in tombac and enamels

marked "40/2" on the reverse of the crown suspension

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order of St. Alexander, III Class Commander consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac four Slip-On Shoulder Straps( "" ""). Instituted in 1881 by King Alexander I. Type II. In silver gilt, a green enamelled cross, the obverse presenting a rampant lion on a red enamel field, surrounded by a white ring inscribed . , the reverse features the inscription 19 1878 on a white enamel field, the cross is surmounted by a Princely crown, measures 50. 38 mm (w) x 92. 12 mm (h inclusive of crown suspension), weighs 47. 6 grams, worn on a small section of replacement ribbon,