c. 1940 BULGARIAN ARMY PHOTO ALBUM

Item #685

This album consists of around 19 loose pages, missing both covers, which contain around 46 black-and-white photos that appear to be from the Bulgarian Armed Forces, that date to the late 1930s or early 1940s. The photos show soldiers enjoying the natural scenery, including some gorgeous mountain views, at a dinner, and swimming. There is a photo of a large group of people in front of a sign which translates to “Staff 10th Border Company.” Photographs measure between 1.75 x 2.25” and 4.75 x 3.5” and are glued to the pages, with the edges of some photos cut off. Accompanying annotations in Bulgarian are typed on separate paper and pasted to some of the pages.

Example annotations (translated via Google Translate)
The sun, burning from the outside and from the inside, would not allow any decision to be made if it did not come to us often, Mr. General Zhukov.
However, even though we worked in one place, our decisions were not very similar to each other....

Arda Bridge, after the "banquet" in Ivaylovgrad, passing through Krumovgrad ....

Through the village of Merichleri... In front of the memorial plaque at Klokotnitsa....

Again in Maritsa and again tasks on Artillery Tactics, led by Mr. Gen. Stoychev-Inspector of Artillery.

The last day of the task June 30, 1938. -on the village of Ger-govden-south of the village of Cherna Mogila...
And after lunch...new baths dry and in the water....

Assistants to Mr. General Zhukov: Major S. Genov and Major Zhelazkov. The beginning of the tasks on "Cavalry" started with the intimidation and overturning of a car on the way to Simeonovgrad...

We went back to the camp, scattered the dust everywhere, and formed cooperatives again….

Price: $199.00