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Try again, Anatoly. I just did a test and it worked OK.

I have found the Romanian translation of an OMSA article on the communist Order of the Star of Romania in a Romanian numismatics magazine, Colectionarul Roman. It describes several types and versions of this order as they appeared from discussions with former managers of the State Mint. To download the magazine, right-click on Descărcare and choose "Save Target As...".

Trendafilov was a Bulgarian officer, not Romanian.

Precisely and the evidence accumulates. :beer:

In the Tammann collection there was a similar badge together with other badges described as "exile editions" made by Frederico da Costa in Lisbon. I therefore wonder whether the cross under discussion was also an "exile badge".

Interesting, it's the first time I see this type. I wonder whether it was an official model or only a pattern from the mint.

As I said, there are only three types described: 1. RPR enamelled star: 1948-1964 2. RPR metal star: 1964-1966 3. RSR metal star: 1966-1989 Do you have an image of the fourth type?

I have found a reference to an OMSA article by Charles H. Pankey on the communist Order of the Star of Romania.

Kevin's description is for the latter two types of this order. They have similar insignia except for the initials on the coat-of-arms. However, there was also an earlier type that had a red-enamelled star instead of the metal star of the later types.

I could only identify three types. 1. RPR enamelled star: 1948-1964 2. RPR metal star: 1964-1966 3. RSR metal star: 1966-1989

Here is an image of the Spanish Order of the Republic (from the Tammann collection).

I think it had only a small soft-plastic envelope, in order not to waste plastic on making boxes. :rolleyes:

The full name of this medal was: Medalia comemorativă ?A 40-a aniversare a revoluţiei de eliberare socială şi naţională, antifascistă şi antiimperialistă? (The Commemorative Medal "The 40th anniversary of the social and national, antifascist and anti-imperialist liberation revolution"). (see Romanian Medals)

As far as I know, that was the suspension device for several medals in the period. And the same was valid for the simple tricolour ribbon bar. The reason was one of the obsessions of the 1980s Romania: save production costs by every mean. By the way, the saying goes that this medal was awarded on a much limited scale than planned once it was discovered that the period it marked was written on the reverse as "XXXX" instead of the correct "XL". :rolleyes:

Welcome to the GMIC forum, Damir! You can post images of your collection in the Collectors Showcase subforum.

... and this miniature bar.

Looking through some old photos I have found this image taken in the same museum.

As Rick has said, only the writing in black pencil is in Romanian, and that is an address. I presume it was that of the sender. Geoagiu de Jos (Lower Geoagiu) Băile (Spas) Villa Dubleşiu (Dubleşiu Villa, Dubleşiu being most likely the name of the owner of the house) Jud. Hunedoara (Hunedoara County)

Serbia is in the Southern European & Balkan States section. If someone could move this thread there, maybe it will have better exposure. :unsure:

Upper row: Military Merit Order, 1st and 2nd classes Military Merit Medal, 2nd class Bottom row: Medal for Distinguished Services in Defending the Social and State Order The last one seems strange: it looks like the Medal of Labour, but on the ribbon of the Medal for the 25th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic.

The Order of the Star of Romania was not a requirement for the Order of Michael the Brave nor was it awarded automatically with the latter. Not only the colour, but there are eight blue stripes, resulting from the folding of the ribbon of the Order of the Star of Romania with four blue stripes (two on each side). Had it been the ribbon of the Military Virtue Medal, there would have been only 4 stripes on the rosette.

The presence of the Polish award on the bar indicates that the bar was made after 1919, but the upper limit of the manufacture date is difficult to establish. Your hypothesis could be a way to set that date, but it still has to be corroborated with the dates when the Polish award was confererd to Romanian officers. Could a list of these dates be found anywhere?

Thanks, Kevin. The mounting style is indeed different in gor's bar and the ones you posted. Is there any suspicion regarding the foreign badges? The MV Order on gor's bar looks pretty much like one from the National Military Museum (see below).

There is nothing wrong in principle with the arrangement. If he was a Romanian, then the Romanian orders should have precedence over awards from other countries. As for other awards, if he was not a career officer maybe he did not participate in earlier conflicts or he did not bother to mount the minor WWI-related awards. There are possible explanations, but I do not know if they are also real. I was struck however by the style of mounting. I am sorry now that I did not take images of the medal bars in the National Military Museum for comparisons. Maybe if gor could provide us with some more detailed images of the awards we could see whether there is some matter of concern with respect to them.

There is a list of the MV awards for WWI, but it contains several hundred names so... :unsure: