Badge of the Bulgarian royal military academies and schools: surveyor, mathematician, geodesist

Reference : IAEMBG

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Manufacturer reference	IAEMBG
Category	Academy, General Staff
Date of publication	02/03/2026

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Badge of the Bulgarian royal military academies and schools: surveyor, mathematician, geodesist

Manufacturer / main description

Badge of the Bulgarian royal military academies and schools.

Surveyor, mathematician, geodesist.

The Bulgarian Military Academy was established in April 1912 and dissolved in 1919 after the First World War.

It was restored in 1936.

Officer badges were introduced from August 1937.

Period: 1937-1944

Class: officer

Dim.: 52.5 mm X 45 mm

See the book "Bulgarian Military Decorations" by P. Pavlov (2007), p. 69

Research and descriptions prepared with the help of an AI assistant (ChatGPT-5). Typological inaccuracies or errors may remain. Illustration reconstructed from the original object.

Officer badge of the royal military academies and schools of Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Military Academy: founded in April 1912 and dissolved after the First World War (1919), restored in 1936. Specific officer badges were introduced in August 1937, in the context of the modernization of the Bulgarian army. Main structure in silvered metal (attributes and symbols), red enamel background. Made from several assembled elements, typical of quality officer badges. Oval frame with laurel leaves, symbol of merit, achievement and military excellence; central heraldic Bulgarian shield surmounted by a royal crown; presence of heraldic lions, the traditional emblem of Bulgaria. Red enamel background, symbol of courage, sacrifice and military tradition. Crossed attributes in the lower section: the cogwheel symbolizes engineering, technical sciences and geodesy. The torch is the symbol of knowledge, transmission and teaching. The sword is the military symbol of command and defence. Together they form a triad: Science + Technique + Army. This badge was intended for officers trained in the royal military academies, more precisely in technical fields: geometry, mathematics and geodesy. This badge embodies the intellectual elite of the Bulgarian army, the fusion between scientific education and military training.