List of Bulgarian orders and decorations

This list gives an overview of the Bulgarian orders and decorations .

principality

Coat of arms of the Principality of Bulgaria

• St. Alexander Order (1878)
• Military Order for Valor (1880)
• Medal of Merit (1881)
• Order of Merit (1883)
• Medal for Science and Art (1883)
• War Medal for the Serbian-Bulgarian War (1885)
• Military Service Award Cross (1885)
• Commemorative Medal for the Proclamation (1887)
• Order of Civil Merit (1891)
• Consumption Medal (1893)
• Wedding Medal (1893)
• Military Order of Merit (1900)

kingdom

Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bulgaria

• Lifesaving Medal (1908)
• Commemorative Cross of Bulgaria's Independence 1908 (1909)
• Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius (1909)
• Medal for the Silver Jubilee of Tsar Ferdinand I (1912)
• Order of Charity (1917)
• Red Cross Medal (1918)
• War Memorial Medal 1912/1913 (1933)
• War Memorial Medal 1915/1918 (1933)
• Wound Badge (1941)
• Medal for Science and Art
• Cross for ten years of service
• Red Cross Medal
• Campaign Medal
• Decoration of Honor of the Bulgarian Infantry

People's Republic

Coat of arms of the People's Republic of Bulgaria

• Order "9. September 1944 " (1945)
• Order "Liberation of the People 1941–1944" (1945)
• Order "People's Republic of Bulgaria" (1947)
• Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1948)
• Hero of Socialist Labor (1948)
• Dimitrov Prize
• Order "Georgi Dimitrov" (1950)
• Order "Red Flag of Labor" (1950)
• Order "Cyril and Methodios" (1950)
• Order "Stara Planina" (1966)
• Order "Horsemen of Madara" (1966)
• Order of the Rose (1966)
• Order of Civil Valor and Merit (1966)
• Medal "For Services To General Safety" (1969)
• Medal "25 Years Organs of the Ministry of the Interior" (1969)
• Medal for the 90th birthday of Georgi Dimitrov (1972)
• Order for Military Bravery and Merit (1974)
• Order "13 Centuries Bulgaria" (1981)
• Medal "1300 Years of Bulgaria" (1981)
• Commemorative medal for the 40th anniversary of the victory over National Socialism (1985)

republic

Coat of arms of the Republic of Bulgaria

• Civil Merit Order (2003)
• Order "Stara Planina" (2003)
• Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius (2003)
• Order "Horsemen of Madara" (2003)
• Military Merit Order (2003)
• Military Order for Valor (2003)
• Medal for Merit (2003)

literature

• Todor Petrov: Bulgarian Orders and Medals 1878-2005. Military Publishing House Ltd. Sofia 2005. ISBN 954-509-317-X .
• Dimitri Romanoff: The Orders, Medals and History of the Kingdom of Bulgaria. Rungsted Kyst 1982. ISBN 87-981267-0-9 .