Carol I

See post #8 above. Without swords. Only the Order of the Star of Romania and the Order of the Crown of Romania had different insignia for peacetime awards to military personnel. The other ones did not.

No Megan, it is a Honour Cross for Merit. The Order for Merit was enamelled in white (see badge no. 7 in Kevin's post above). Furthermore, the ribbon is a peacetime one not suited with the swords on the badge. And I also think the ribbon is that of the Order for Merit, but there is conflicting information as to what was the ribbon of the order and what was the ribbon of the cross.

Thanks anyhow, Anatoly.

It could very well be, Anatoly, so... Great! MS for Monetaria Statului and an worker for gold. Any further details that you can see, with a magnifying glass perhaps? Is it two letters in front of his face or two "dents"? They could indicate the purity. What is on the silver one? An oak leaf?

Good question, Anatoly. As far as I know there has not been any official change of the coat-of-arms in the period, so we cannot use such information to decide which was the first one. Based on pure guess, the RSR version seems quite close to the RPR design used until 1965, so maybe it was the first one to be used... Both please, if possible. :blush:

This looks like the one on the history page of the Chancellery of Orders.

If you look carefully you will see that on the ribbon around the wheat ears is also written Republica and Socialista in smaller letters. Can you please post closer images of the halmarks? Thanks.

Plaiting would be ?mpletire, quite different from ?ntrecere... :unsure:

Thanks Anatoly for illustrating this thread.

That was a third class. The information on communist awards is indeed very scarce and must be pieced from here and there. For example the images I posted are from a Romanian auction site.

You're welcome. Try this one: English-Romanian Dictionary - Dictionar Englez-Roman.

The order and the medal "In the service of the socialist homeland" was the police equivalent of the Military Merit Order and Medal. Here is an example of the order... ... and the medal.

Rick, ?ntrecere means competition. It often appeared as ?ntrecerea socialistă (the socialist competition) and was probably aimed to increase productivity through friendly competition.

That was a note to Lorenzo's quest for a first class of the Order of Michael the Brave (the 1916 model). Regarding the badge you posted, I have no information as to how many were issued or who was entited to receive one. I have seen before images of a badge with Carol II's cipher, but I'm afraid I have not saved them. Check the finishing quality of the badge and especially that of the cipher. It is very difficult to judge solely on the small image available.

With only 16 awarded to royalty or very high ranking officers you'll have a tough time finding an original one on the market (not mentioning the price). ;)

It looks like a badge for military justice from WWII (it has Michael's cipher).

Side-by-side RPR and RSR versions.

Thanks, Ian.

Can someone help me complete the list of awards? On the right: Order of the Star of Romania (Commander, military) At the neck: Swedish Order of the Sword (Commander) On the left: 1. Order of the Iron Crown 2. 3. 4. Thanks in advance.

And I have found yet another set of stamps with decorations dedicated to the International Women's Day of 1952. 20 b - Medal of Maternity 55 b - Maternal Glory 1.75 L - Heroine Mother

1952 - Medal of the Hammer and the Sickle (Hero of Socialist Labour)

1952 - Order of the Defence of the Fatherland (overprinted)

1951 - Order of the Defence of the Fatherland

1952 overprinted set of orders and medals

I have to add the following sets to the list above. 1951 - Order of the Defence of the Fatherland, 1 stamp 1952 - Order of the Defence of the Fatherland, 1 stamp (overprinted) 1952 - Medal of the Hammer and the Sickle (of the title of Hero of Socialist Labour)