Carol I

Order of the Star of Romania, peacetime officer's cross

Order of St. George

Order of the Ruling House of Hohenzollern (Romanian model)

Order for Cultural Merit, Carol II model

INTEMEIETORUL CONTINUITORUL SI CTITORUL NOULUI LOCAL AL SCOALEI - roughly translated as "Founder, supporter and benefactor of the new school building"

Badge of the academic staff of the Military Academy

Badge of the graduates of the Superior School for Administration

Badge of the graduates of the Military Academy

"The cult of the motherland"

1. Order of the Star of Romania, Grand Cross 2. Order of the Crown of Romania, Grand Cross 3. Legion of Honour (France), Grand Cross ... 5. Order of the Orthodox Crusaders of the Patriarchy of Jerusalem ... 7. Honour Sign of the Romanian Eagle, Officer 8. Order of Agricultural Merit, Officer

Constanta was indeed the navy base... ...but I have no information of this sort.

Apararea fixa maritima - Fixed maritime defense?

There are also unmarked medals, medals marked with an "N", as well as medals made in silver, but the latter are very rare.

I do not know how you found it, but Alexandru G. Florescu was indeed the first Romanian ambassador to Poland, between 1919-1924: http://www.consul-romania.pl/cd/85.html Maybe our Polish colleagues can help with a translation if necessary. His house housed the Goethe Institut in Bucharest until recently: http://bucurestiinoisivechi.blogspot.com/2010/04/casa-alexandru-florescu-arhitect-ion-d.html

No, sorry.

Neck badge 1: Commander of the Order of the Crown of Romania (type II) Neck badge 2: Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland) Medal bar 1. Order of the Crown of Romania with swords and Military Virtue ribbon (knight's cross) 2. Order of the Crown of Romania (officer's cross) 3. Cross of the Ruling House (?) 4. Sanitary Merit Cross 5. 1913 Campaign Medal 6. WWI Commemorative Cross 7. WWI Victory Medal 8. Order of the Crown of Italy (officer's cross) 9. Order of the White Eagle (Serbia) 10. ? Close-ups 2 and 3 indicate rather a Grand Cross of the Serbian Order of St. Sava.

It could be a full ambassador having served in Serbia/Yugoslavia and Poland(?). Could you post a better image of his awards?

Here are two photos I have found on the net of Romanian diplomats wearing uniforms. They show the differences between diplomatic ranks. The first one shows Nicolae Titulescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the General Assembly of the League of Nations, and and the second one WWII diplomat George Duca, at the beginning of his career. http://www.roembus.org/english/romanian_links/history_of_romanians.htm http://www.hoover.org/publications/hoover-digest/article/6198

I think there is a protocol that states that at state visits or similar high profile events one should wear first the awards of the visiting state as a sign of courtesy. Unfortunately I did not find a thorough description of the award, but it just came to me that one could ask more questions to the Patriarchy of Jerusalem. I would guess that the badge in the photo is a commander's cross or equivalent. Here are two links to images of the star of the order. http://www.emedals.ca/catalog.asp?item=G108 http://www.emedals.ca/catalog.asp?item=G115 It could be a diplomat's uniform, but unfortunately I do not know that much about them to comment on this particular one. However, I doubt that the person was a military attache since his Order of the Crown of Romania was the version for civilians.

Please post images of Romanian WWII order awards certificates. I guess most of them would be to Romanian or German officers, but I am curious if any certificates to Soviet officers had survived. It would be quite interesting to see the details of the awards like dates, decree numbers and especially the motivations for the awards. I would therefore appreciate images with enough resolution to avoid straining the eyes when reading them. Thank you in advance.

The neck badge is that of the Order of the Orthodox Knights of the Holy Sepulchre. The order was established in the end of the 19th century and was awarded by the Patriarchy of Jerusalem approximately up to the 1940s and then again from the beginning of the 1980s.

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I am also concerned about this ribbon. The Maritime Virtue Medal had three blue stripes, not two... :unsure:

I'm a bit circumspect regarding this bar. First of all, the ribbons are significantly narrower compared to other bars, even the bar in your first post. Secondly, the swords on the ribbons of the Order of Michael the Brave and the Sanitary Merit Cross... Thirdly, the absence of the gold edges on the ribbon of the Sanitary Merit Cross. By the way, the second ribbon is most likely the Order of the Star/Crown of Romania with swords on Military Virtue Ribbon.

Lilo, I think there could be several candidates for the award, with two that come first. The first one could be Medalia Serviciu Credincios (Faithful Service Medal) that was a general award of the state for deeds that did not qualify for awarding an order. A second candidate could be Medalia Bărbăţie şi Credinţă which has many translations but a good one would be Medal for Valour and Loyalty. It was intended as a medal for police force, but it could also be awarded to civilians who were involved in restoring and preserving public order. Saving lives may not be "restoring and preserving public order", but it could be described as an act of civil valour.