Carol I

I cannot make this one out

Can you please help me identify the hallmarks below (jeweller, place, period)? Thanks. "AF" hallmark

The capsule of Soyuz 40 now in the collections of the National Military Museum.

Thanks, Gordon. Here is some information from Wikipedia: Intercosmos.

Silver Merit Cross with swords

Honour cross

Knight 2nd class with swords

Knight 1st class

Commander's cross with swords

Here are some images from the recent UBS auction. Breast star

Gold Merit Medal for Saxe-Altenburg

Silver Merit Cross with swords

Knight 2nd class

Knight 1st class with swords

Commander with swords

Commander's cross

Breast star

Here are some images from the UBS auction. Grand Cross with swords

And her husband

The lady

Thanks for the update. I do not have the ring, so I cannot check its inner diametre (I only took the photos), but I guess it has somewhere around 16-17 mm. The only other piece of information I can bring right now is that the lady who owned it was married to an army officer. One more photo, with the inner markings: I can only make out GES.GESCH. and JW.

Can you give some more details about these rings? Would they be worn by a lady? Were they used as marks for the 'I gave gold for iron' campaigns?

The cross is completely vertical and the whole shape of the crown appears to be different from that of the Crown of St. Stephen.

Dumitru Dediu was born in Galaţi on 12 May 1942. He was a career officer in the Air Force. He retired in 1997 with the rank of Comandor (Colonel). Regarding the 1981 selection of Prunariu to fly into space, he declared "It was not easy, but this is faith - we knew from the very beginning that only one of us will fly".

Dumitru Prunariu was born on 27 September 1952 in Braşov. He graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering before enrolling as a pilot in the Air Force. Following his flight into space in 1981, he remained involved in the Romanian space activities. He eventually rose to the rank of major general (in 2003). In 2004 he was named Ambassador to Russia, but was recalled in 2005 as the position (representing a NATO country in Russia) required a career diplomat. Following his 1981 flight he was awarded the titles of Hero of the Romanian Socialist Republic and Hero of the Soviet Union. In the year 2000 he received the Order of the Star of Romania with the rank of Grand Officer.