Quindi ultimamente mi sono chiesto dei miei antenati e ho scavato questa vecchia carta dall’archivio del nonno di mia nonna e non sono stato in grado di tradurlo in alcun modo che abbia senso, qualcuno può aiutarmi con questo? È del 1917.
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di Cactus1105
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Also for more info I am from Alsace, a part of France that was German at the time.
we award Josef Barth with a bronze medal for his military service
It’s diploma to bronze medal for great deeds. King of Bulgaria awarded Joseph Barths with bronze medal for merits during German sanitary mission in Bulgaria. 28 July 1917, Sofia
p.s. somebody correct me if I’m wrong, I’ve only started learning Bulgarian
Your grandmother grandfather’s archive?
These are not travel papers. Here’s the translation:
We, Ferdinand I,
at God’s mercy and by the People’s will,
TSAR OF THE BULGARIANS
by deigning to award
the sanitation soldier of the German Sanitary Mission in Bulgaria
JOSEF BARTH
with the Bronze Medal
FOR MERIT
of the military rank
we command for him to be given the present patent.
date and signature by the Chancellor of the Orders and his Secretary
This looks like a military merit award certificate from King Ferdinand of Bulgaria himself. The awardee is Josef Bart, if I managed to read it correctly.
Keep it, it has historical value. There should be a bronze medal with this as well. Did you manage to find it?
We, Ferdidand I, with God’s grace and the people’s will, Tsar of the Bulgarians, have decided to award the sanitary soldier of the German Sanitary Mission in Bulgaria, Josef Barth, with a bronze medal
Sofia, July 28th, 1917
I might’ve translated some words too literally, withour considering equivalents in English, but he was most likely was a medic in Bulgaria during WWI.
“Krankenwarter” literally means “orderly”. Militant orderlies were responsible for moving bodies, disposing of corpses, cleaning after amputations, the most common medical field procedure at the time, holding patients during said amputations and other hygenic tasks. Also it was their job to recover heavily wounded officers from the field along with soldiers of course. It’s probably safe to assume that this was the case with this reward as well.