Greg Collins

Thanks, Carol!:D

Also no real military awards here- civilian awards and commemorative medals. Definitely not Securitate/Internal Ministry, but may be a civilian ribbon bar (probably Party member). As Kevin pointed out, two 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Country medals is kind of weird.

Thanks, Kevin!

Also the bar in the fourth position is an RPR Securitate Order "Pentru servicii deosebite aduse în apãrarea orânduirii sociale i de stat" (Order for Distinguished Services in Defense of the Social Order and the Country) 3rd Class.

Kevin, Do you happen to know what "C.T.A." stands for?

Kevin, That's quite a Pioneer haul! I'm dying to know about the blue Pompieri badge (below the three Pioneer Pompieri badges).

The backs...

Interesting pair here: a Leader in the System of Finance and Credit and a National Conference of Workers of Socialist Commerce, April 1966. The second (right side) badge is obviously from the RSR period; I suspect the other is also simply based on the look of it. The first badge (left) has had it's pin back replaced with a "stick pin".

And the backs...

A nice pair of Romanian educator badges; on the left is a Professor Leader badge and on the right is a Teacher Leader badge. I believe both to be from the RSR period.

A three space Internal Ministry ribbon bar. The awards covered are (from left) the Order for Service to Socialist Country-3rd Class, the Medal for Service to Socialist Country-Gold and the 20th Anniversary of the Romanian Armed Forces Medal. This bar could be for anyone employed in the Internal Ministry... Securitate, Security Troops, Militie (Police)... what is interesting about it is that there are no medals or orders indicating time in service (Military Merit). Also, these particular awards are from an interesting period in Romanian Communist history- a transitional period that appears to run from 1963 to 1968- where many changes took place including, but certainly not limited to, the name of the country.

A family portrait showing the outside cover of the document next to two RPR badges (top, the badge that goes with this document, and center, one which was shown earlier in the thread ) and one RSR badge (shown earlier in the thread).

And numbered back...

The badge front...

A nice set that will probably cap off my Romanian Medical Badge collection. A document "For Merit in Medical-Sanitation Work" #13552 presented to Dr. Mrejeru in 1964 and matching badge. There is a space for a photo, but no evidence that a photo was ever attached.

It all begins to fall into place... thanks, Alex! Our own agents here in the States are somewhat paranoid in the same way. Oh yeah, watch the "jolly" stuff... it's much easier to put on than take off after a certain age.:whistle:

I also find it interesting that the photo shows the Colonel in (a) civilian attire and (b) at apparently advanced age. I don't know this for sure, but maybe this is a Livret given upon retirement (as you said), more or less like when an American member of the armed forces retires, his standard I.D. card is taken and he is issued a "retiree" I.D. (so he can still use some of the military facilities). But I'm just speculating here...

Wow! Great Livret! I have only the documents to individual awards and always am in awe of those who have a Livret, as these really tell a story. What I don't quite understand is why "MAI Securitate" is crossed out along with the Specialitatea Militara number 235/a??? Was this guy originally Securitate, and then transferred to another branch? Very nice piece!:jumping:

Well, we have virtually the same thing going on in the US... medals from this heritage organization and that heritage organization. Hell, I've been awarded War Service Crosses from both the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the Military Order of the Stars and Bars. I guess it's nice to know that someone out there still cares about what you've done. I imagine it's the same for the former Soviet military personnel, in their current society of "over the top" capitalism, to remember these warriors who made that part of the earth the other "super power" back then... a Russian friend of mine used to talk about the pre 1991 time as "when we mattered as a country". Anyway, as these and other medals (Umalatova, etc.) are not official State awards, I doubt seriously if they can do anything about them.

And the numbered back...

A nice CCS Production Leader award badge #2836.

And the backs- note the silver plating on the badge in the upper left.

Here's a group of CGM/CCS badges that have found their way into my collection. I realize they are for a labour syndicate or union but, beyond that, I haven't a clue. The large badge in the center appears to be for a 50 year conference held in 1956; the badge on the lower right seems to be a general membership badge; the badge on the lower left is, apparently, for a conference held in 1988; the badges on the upper right and left are, basically, the same from the RPR period although the badge on the upper left appears to have been silver plated.

The backs of the badges, both with "MS" although the pin holder has, at some point, been "redone" on the larger badge.

Looking at your badge struck a bell- sometimes I get caught up in a particular area of my collection that I forget some of the other stuff. Anyway, I found I did, indeed, have one of those and another badge which may be related; very similar in design content. Do you have any idea about the organizations these badges represent?