Carol I

Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Savoy) (This was unfortunately in a vertical display.)

Order of Naval Merit (Spain)

Order of Military Merit (Spain)

Order of the Sword (Sweden)

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen House Order (This was in a big case and I could not get a better picture. )

Order of Albert I (Saxony)

Order of the Crown of Prussia Unfortunately the badge was too close to the light in the display box (the white 'thing' at the bottom of the image).

Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia)

Order of Carlos III (Spain) - collar

Order of Carlos III (Spain)

Order of the Legion of Honour (France)

Yes it is difficult to avoid the reflections, but this time I took advantage of the stable base offered by the glass top and did not use the flash. Only the light from the display cases, which sometimes had shed strange shadows or had confused the camera. Will do in a sec.

Thank you for the kind words, Christophe. Nothing of the sort. I just put my camera on the top glass of the display box and let it do the rest (I was afraid that his would set off some alarm, but fortunately I had a small camera). It happened of course that I had to try several times to get a good picture, but generally it went OK. I have several other pictures taken there, but I did not know if people were interested in them or not.

I did not mean to contest your statement, but only wanted to make clear that the children were not adopted by chance as symbol-mascots of the military units. The closest translation in English of copil de trupă (plural copii de trupă) probably is 'troop child' ('troop children'). I do not know much more than I have already written since the practice has been discontinued after WWII. Basically it was one way to support disadvantaged children. Probably it started as a way to support the orphaned children of fallen comrades in the unit, but then extended to other disadvantaged children as well. Most of the children probably remained in the army, with the brightest ones going through officer's schools, but I think there were some cases of troop children choosing civilian careers.

Thanks for the prompt reply, but I am interested in the awards presented to King Carol of Romania and to Crown Prince (later King) Ferdinand.

Are there any records for the orders of the German states presented to foreign royalty during the period of the German Empire?

These children (copii de trupă) were no mascots of the units that adopted them. They were usually orphans and the military units were responsible not only for raising them, but also for providing an education for them.

Commander's cross of the Austrian Order of Franz Joseph in the collections of the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum in Copenhagen

Grand Cross insignia of the Austrian Order of Franz Joseph in the collections of the Maritime Museum in Lisbon

Royal Order of the Crown of Hawaii

Badge and star in the collections of the Maritime Museum in Lisbon

Star of the Belgian Order of Leopold l in the collections of the Maritime Museum in Lisbon

Star of the Belgian Order of Leopold l with swords in the collections of the Maritime Museum in Lisbon

Badge in the collections of the Maritime Museum in Lisbon

There were actually three medical officers decorated with the Order of Michael the Brave in WWI: Lt. Romulus Popescu (1.10.1916), Slt. (rez) Mircea Bruteanu (11.11.1916) and Lt. (rez) Constantin Pop (7.6.1917).