Romania Romanian - Order "Victory of Socialism"

[Richard S]

Here is my Romanian Order "Victory of Socialism"

[Richard S]

[Eric Schena]

Hi Richard:

That's an unusual decoration, so thanks for sharing it with us. How big is it - is it the size of an Order of the Star?

Cheers,

Eric

[Anatoly13]

Congrats!

This is type 1 tombac variant.

Here you can see all variants known to me for today:

http://sammler.ru/index.php?act=Gallery&cat=187

:beer:

[Richard S]

Hello,

the diameter of the Order is 68 mm, the weight is 60,3 g.

[seb16trs]

hello, I believe this order is not common - I'm not original stating that. Do you have any infos about awarding statistics?

[Carol I]

hello, I believe this order is not common

You are quite right. The "Victory of Socialism" was a one-class order established in 1971 and awarded together with the title of "Hero of the Socialist Republic of Romania" (if I remember right).

[seb16trs]

You are quite right. The "Victory of Socialism" was a one-class order established in 1971 and awarded together with the title of "Hero of the Socialist Republic of Romania" (if I remember right).

so in this configuration/combination, we could consider it as an equivalent of the series of orders of Lenin/Dimitrov/Karl Marx/Gottwald and Ho Chi Minh?

[Carol I]

so in this configuration/combination, we could consider it as an equivalent of the series of orders of Lenin/Dimitrov/Karl Marx/Gottwald and Ho Chi Minh?

Theoretically, yes. Practically... Romania did not have that many "Heroes". ;)

[Anatoly13]

This award had also representation functions. It often handed over to the first persons of the friendly states, heads of delegations. In particular Tito, Brezhnev have been awarded.