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Bulgaria - Royal Order for Civil Merit, II class for Ladies, Ferdinand I, 1891-1918 issue. Silver-edged white-enamelled Urdy cross with silver oak leaves and acorns between the arms, on laterally-pierced ball suspension. The face with a circular central red enamel medallion within a white enamel ring inscribed in silver letters ‘ЗА ГРАЖДАНСКА ЗАСЛУГА’ (for Civil Merit). The reverse with a circular central red enamel medallion bearing the Bulgarian lion rampant with a shield with the Saxon coat of arms imposed on its breast within a white enamel ring inscribed in silver letters with the date ‘2 ABГУCTЪ 1891’ (2 August 1891)