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Lions of Bulgaria

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Whopping big medal, too! 89mm.

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  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Awesome Lions!
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  • oldshepoldshep Posts: 3,240 ✭
    Nifty looking medal!!!!!
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  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    Gorgeous medal. I love the lions image
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  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    Great lions!! Couldn't get the rev. link to work, though.
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  • PuddlePiratePuddlePirate Posts: 728 ✭
    Neat medal, I like the lions as well.
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  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Couldn't get the rev. link to work, though.

    Can't figure it out. Sorry.
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  • PhilipPhilip Posts: 847
    Interesting medal, I've never seen one like it.

    Obverse inscription literally says "Remembrance for 25-year honored rule." I'm sorry if the translation is a little clumsy, the phrase on the medal sounds clumsy by today's standards.

    I assume the reverse shows a bust of Ferdinand?
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  • harashaharasha Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A very impressive bust, facing left, of Ferdinand. I am making an educated guess when I say the legend is, "Ferdinand I King of Bulgaria."
    Also, in small Latin lettering, "R. Marschall Fec."
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  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    Rudolf Ferdinand Marschall was a popular medalist for the Austro-Hungarian Empire and also received commissions from Balkan nations.
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  • PhilipPhilip Posts: 847
    Marschall is the designer of all silver and gold Bulgarian coins from 1912 through 1916. He is also the guy responsible for turning Ferdinand's head to the left - as opposed to the 1910 issues. This is very useful for quickly spotting 1916 fakes that are actually from 1910 and have had their last digit in the date modified.
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