Bulgaria, Kingdom. A Rare First World War Observer’s Badge, To A. Diranov, 1916 GTRexclude the Yugoslav resistance forces consisted

the Yugoslav resistance forces consisted of two factions: the communist-led Yugoslav Partisans and the royalist Chetniks

attached to a good quality brocade belt

not only because they're so scarce

training many of the pilots who were sent to the front in the early stages of the war

and named in black ink "Gudmund Jacobs / Orchard Lake Ave / Pontiac Mich / 55th Inf

Bulgaria, Kingdom. A Rare First World War Observer’s Badge, To A. Diranov, 1916 GTRexclude the Yugoslav resistance forces consistedIn typical German manufacture, in silver, a hollow ovular shaped badge featuring an eagle against a starburst in the background, surrounded by a wreath, with a crowned rampant lion in a shield, with a large Bulgarian crown at 12 oclock, the reverse presents a vertical pin assembly marked 935, base engraved . 1916, measures 42. 1mm (w) x 77. 6mm (h), weighs 32. 0 grams, dark patina, a very rare badge and named example in extremely fine condition.