Bulgaria Collection (page 6)

Bulgarian State Steamships - The Boris and the Bulgaria. Prince Boris and a Bulgarian soldier are also pictured. This young Prince was to become Boris III the Unifier, Tsar of Bulgaria (1894 - 1943)

Celebration in Kavarna, Bulgaria on 11th May. Kavarna is a Black Sea coastal town and seaside resort in the Dobruja region of northeastern Bulgaria

Winnowing grain in Bulgaria
Winnowing grain in the Bulgarian countryside

Milkman with his Donkey - Sofia, Bulgaria

Yugoslavian Royal Family attending funeral King Alexander s
The funeral of King Alexander of Yugoslavia in Belgrade: the new King, eleven-year-old Peter, stands in the front beside his mother Queen Marie (Marie of Romanias second daughter)

1st Balkan War - unexploded shell
Macedonia - a Turkish Notable (Dignitary) in his garden looking at a Bulgarian shell which had not exploded. The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913

German Allies at the top of the pole
A terrific fold-out card depicting the German allies as the dominant holders of a spot at the top of the European maypole as their enemies fail to cling on as they attempt an ascent

Easter Card - German Allies of World War One
The German allies in World War one depicted as painted eggs in this propaganda Easter Card

German Allies of the first World War
A propaganda postcard depicting the flags of the allies of the First World War

A Serbian Dragoon regiment in the Battle of Borenitza
A Serbian Dragoon regiment, part of the Allied army based in the Greek port of Salonika, are pictured riding to repel an attack by the Bulgarian army, October 1916

Bulgaria / Ruse
(also known as Ruschuk or Rustchuk) scene from the Danube

Russians in Bulgaria
Russian agents seek to inter- -vene in the political crisis when Alexander abdicates : but another German prince, Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, will be chosen to succeed him

Alexander Deposed 3
Prince Alexander and his brother Franz Joseph are abducted from the palace at Sofia to the Danube. There, Alexander will be forced at gun-point to abdicate

Alexander Deposed 6
The officers of the Stroumski regiment involved in the abduction of Prince Alexander are degraded at Kustendil by having their military insignia removed by fellow officers

Bulgaria / Tirnova
General view of Veliko Turnova, in northern Bulgaria

Serb Soldiers Kiss Cross
Serbian soldiers kiss the Christian crucifix before invading Bulgaria. Sadly, it won t do them a spot of good, they will be soundly beaten and return home in gloom

Alexander Deposed I
Russian agents storm the palace at Sofia and abduct prince Alaxander, of German Battenberg family. He will abdicate, then be reinstated, then abdicate again

Serbia Invades Bulgaria
When Rumelia revolts and unites with Bulgaria, the Serbs, encouraged by Austria, invade Bulgaria expecting an easy victory. Big mistake

Alexander Deposed 5
Prince Alexander is rescued from his abductors and returns to Sofia where is welcomed home by his subjects : but he will soon abdicate again, voluntarily this time

Bulgaria / Vidin
(Formerly known as Bononia) a picturesque city on the Danube

Alexander Deposed 4
Prince Alexander and his brother Franz Joseph are abducted from the palace at Sofia to the Danube, where he is forced at gun-point to sign his abdication

Alexander Deposed 2
Prince Alexander and his brother Franz Joseph are abducted from the palace at Sofia to the Danube. There, Alexander will be forced at gun-point to abdicate

Romania Danube
The river at Calafat (aka Kalafat), which is linked to Vidin in Bulgaria by ferryboat

Ferdinand at Sofia
Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, appointed prince, opens parliament at Sofia and is hailed by the delegates : he will rule until 1918 when he will abdicate

Terrorism in Sofia
A terrorist bomb causes massive destruction in Sofia cathedral

Alexander at Silvnica
Prince Alexander of Bulgaria on the battlefield of Silvnica (aka Slivnitza) where his men will inflict a crushing defeat on the Serbs

Ferdinand at Church
Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg is chosen to succeed Alexander : he attends a Te Deum in the cathedral at Tirnova

Bulgaria / Shumen
(also known as Schumla) scene in the market

Premier of Bulgaria 1915
Photographic portrait of Dr. V. Radoslavoff, premier of Bulgaria in 1915. Bulgaria entered the war on the side of Germany and Austria-Hungary in the hope of regaining part of Macedonia

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
A photographic portrait of Ferdinand I, King of Bulgaria (1861-1948), often known as Foxy Ferdinand, or the Balkan Fox. Bulgaria entered World War I in 1915 on the side of the Central Alliance

Bulgarian Military
A review of Bulgarian troops

Ferdinand King Bulgaria
FERDINAND I of Bulgaria

Germany and Bulgaria
Germany makes friends with Bulgaria

Clementine D orleans
MARIE CLEMENTINE LEOPOLDINE d ORLEANS - daughter of Louis Philippe, wife of August von Saxe-Coburg, mother of Ferdinand, king of Bulgaria

Arms in Bulgaria
Arms are discovered in a Greek convent at Bagna in eastern Rumelia, a region vainly coveted by Russia : the priests have no idea how they could have got there

Gladova - Bulgaria
The village and villagers of Gladova

Omar Pacha at Varna
Omar Pacha embarks from Varna - Bulgaria - on the Black Sea coast during the 1854-56 Russian Crimean War

Foreigners Leave Edirne
BULGARIA / TURKEY The Bulgarians reluctantly allow foreigners to leave the Turkish city of Edirne (formerly Adrianople) which they are bombarding

Disraeli & Bulgaria 1876
NEUTRALITY UNDER DIFFICULTIES Disraeli : " Bulgarian Atrocities ! I can t find the Official Reports !!!"

Varna - the Harbour
View of the Black Sea port : at the time of this picture it is under Turkish rule but it will be ceded to Bulgaria by the Treaty of Berlin 1876. Date: 1856

Varna - Birds Eye View
Important Black Sea port : at the time of this picture it is under Turkish rule but it will be ceded to Bulgaria by the Treaty of Berlin 1876

Serbs Stabbed in Back
Serbs, fighting Germans and Austrians, are stabbed in the back by Bulgaria

Alexander in Philipopoli
Prince Alexander receives a warm welcome as he enters Philippoli

Alexander Abdicates / 1886
Prince Alexander is compelled to abdicate at gunpoint

Stambulov Assassinated
Stambulov is assassinated at Sofia

Tirnova / Electing Prince
At Tirnova, the Sobranje elect a new prince

Germans Enter Sofia
Bulgaria : Germans, with the approval of the Bulgarian government, enter Sofia

Bulgaria and Germany
Bulgaria enters the war on the side of Germany; but when she is faced with reality, she finds she is a tortoise, not an eagle (cartoon based on old fable of eagle and tortoise)

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