Merit badge of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization

A Rare Macedonian VMRO Freedom or Death Merit Badge; in silvered bronze, enameled, 41.04mm(w) x 43.03mm(h), in very fine condition, and very rare. Footnote: The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) Macedonian: Внатрешна Македонска Револуционерна Организација, Vnatrešna Makedonska Revolucionerna Organizacija) was a revolutionary Macedonian national liberation movement in the Ottoman territories in Europe, that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The badges were given to the VMRO members for their service in the fight for a free and independent Macedonia CIRCA 1923