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Bulgaria. Medal for 15 Years of Service in the Armed Forces, 2nd Class, 1959–1989
Medal for 15 Years of Service in the Armed Forces of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria (Медал „За безупречна служба във въоръжените сили на НРБ“), corresponding to the 2nd Class of the long-service award. It was established on 18 July 1959 and awarded to Bulgarian Armed Forces personnel in recognition of at least fifteen years of faithful and honourable service. The system comprised three classes: 3rd Class for ten years, 2nd Class for fifteen years, and 1st Class for twenty years. The award remained in use until November 1989.
The obverse features a relief image of a helmeted soldier’s head and the inscription «23.IX.1944». The reverse displays the Bulgarian state emblem and a Cyrillic inscription referring to fifteen years of service in the Armed Forces of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria.
Bulgarian medal for fifteen years of service in the Armed Forces, 2nd Class, established in 1959.
