Flags

The “Flags” collection preserves all the regular and non-regular combat flags of the Bulgarian army, a great number of trophies and flags of social and cultural- educational Organizations.

The oldest flags the museum owns date from the middle of XIX c.- the flag of the Bulgarian volunteer troop in the Crimean war; of the troop of Stefan Karadja and Hadji Dimitar; of the leader Jelio ; of the leader Philip Totyu ; of Stiliana Paraskevova on which the colors of the National tricolor remain in their today’s order ; the flag of Gorno Orjahovo’s rebels, the Samara’s flag , decorated with the order I class “For bravery”; all the flags preserved till nowadays – infantry and standard , bestowed to the Bulgarian army in 1881, 1886, 1888, 1891, 1925,1937 and after the proclamation of Bulgaria as a Republic- in 1949, 1971.

The collection has started being completed since 1937