 With the exile of Tsar Simeon II all Imperial Bulgarian awards were discontinued and banned (Other than those created after the pro-soviet coup of 4 September 1944), including the wear of such awards.Traces of the Imperial award system were left in the following ways;

With the collapse of The People's Republic Of Bulgaria their award system was discontinued (Officially on 5 April 1991) with the exception of orders bestowed on foreign nationals.All communist and imperial awards were allowed to be worn.