Order St. St. Apostles Cyril and Methodius Lesser Collar Boris III Issue

The Lesser Collar was conferred to members of the Royal family and foreign Sovereigns of State. It is 50 cm long and consists of 26 ellipsoid medallions enamelled in red.
On them, the images of.. Read more » the Bulgarian lion without a shield and the Bourbon fleurs-de-lis alternate.
There are two issues of the Lesser Collar with insignificant differences mainly in the cross of the order.
Analogically to the crosses of the Grand Collar and the Grand Cross, the cross on the Lesser Collar of the Ferdinand issue has more narrow rings of the streamers and smaller figures of St. st. Cyril and Methodius in com- parison with those on the issue of Boris.

Country:	Bulgaria
Type:	State awards
Series:	General Issues
Year:	1909
Material:	Brass
Diameter:	61 mm