Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, V Class Newly Listed A brown ornately embossed leather

A brown ornately embossed leather exterior photo album with removed metal hardware for closure

bearing the profile of Abraham Lincoln

Left leg (was) immediately partly paralyzed so that he could not stand and was carried unconscious 4-5 hours

The 35th Regiment was a Bohemian regiment that included a number of Czech soldiers

The couple having one son

Bulgaria, Kingdom. An Order of Military Merit, V Class Newly Listed A brown ornately embossed leather( ). Instituted May 18th, 1900. A red enameled cross with swords through the center of the award, constructed of silvered bronze and multi coloured enamels, the obverse with a central red medallion bearing the monogram of its founder, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, surrounded by a ring of green enamels inscribed , the reverse with a central red enameled medallion bearing a silvered rampant crowned lion, surrounded by a ring of green enamels inscribed 2