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    Carol I

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    1. Carol I
      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.
    2. Carol I
      Commander's cross of the Austrian Order of Franz Joseph in the collections of the Royal Danish Arsenal Museum in Copenhagen
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      Grand Cross insignia of the Austrian Order of Franz Joseph in the collections of the Maritime Museum in Lisbon
    4. Carol I
      Royal Order of the Crown of Hawaii
    5. Carol I
      Badge and star in the collections of the Maritime Museum in Lisbon
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      Star of the Belgian Order of Leopold l in the collections of the Maritime Museum in Lisbon
    7. Carol I
      Star of the Belgian Order of Leopold l with swords in the collections of the Maritime Museum in Lisbon
    8. Carol I
      Badge in the collections of the Maritime Museum in Lisbon
    9. Carol I
      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).
    10. Carol I
      Order of the Tower and the Sword (Portugal)
    11. Carol I
      I only advanced a hypothesis to explain the existence of the "chopped" badges. It remains to be seen if it will be confirmed by some official information on the manufacturing procedures.
    12. Carol I
      I think these are orders awarded after WWI, when wartime badges (crossed swords between the arms) had high priority. I presume it was cheaper to produce all the orders with the same template and then chop off the extra bits for the peacetime awards. Nothing of the sort, unfortunately.
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      Order of the Empire (Portugal)
    14. Carol I
      Order of Crown of Italy
    15. Carol I
      I have some close-ups of the orders in this museum. Here is a Royal Victorian Order from Great Britain. I could continue if you think I will not bore you.
    16. Carol I
      And the full poster:
    17. Carol I
      The National Military Museum in Bucharest has printed a 'folded poster' on the insignia of Marshal of the Romanian Army. Here are some images from an old eBay auction.
    18. Carol I
      More information on the clasps of the Romanian Crusade against Communism medal can be found on the thread opened almost two years ago on WorldWar2.ro Forum: Clasps of the Crusade Medal.
    19. Carol I
      Nice to see that my images have found their way to this site! If you would like to have more information on the versions of this cross as well as on the variations of its clasps, please take a look at the two topics opened last year on the WorldWar2.ro Forum: Variants of the WWI Commemorative Cross and Clasps of the WWI Commemorative Cross.
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      There are many such badges for which it appears that the ends of the swords were cut off, so I would venture to say that they were originally produced this way. Please see below some examples.
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