Romania Three Communist Romanian Ribbon Bars.

[Kev in Deva]

Hallo Gents,

recent addition to my Romanian Ribbon bar Section of the Collection:-

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Left to Right:-

1. Medal for Service to Socialist Country - Silver - Second Class.

Medalia serviciul patriei socialiste.

2. Medal of Military Merit - Gold - 10 yrs service.

Medalia "Meritul Militar.

3. Medal of Labor.

Medalia Muncii.

4. 25th Anniversary of proclamation of the Republic Medal.

Medalia "25 de ani de la proclamarea Republicii" 1972.

5. 20th Anniversary of the "Liberation of the Country" Medal.

Medalia "A XX-a aniversare a eliberarii patriei" 1964.

6. 50th Anniversary of the Romanian Communist Party Medal.

Medalia "A 50-a aniversare a Partidului Comunist Roman" 1971.

Kevin in Deva.

More pictures to follow.

Edited December 12, 2009 by Kev in Deva

[Greg Collins]

Great ribbon bar, Kevin! The first award is actually the second class (silver) of the Medal for Service to Socialist Country.

Edited September 19, 2009 by Greg Collins

[Kev in Deva]

Bar Number 2:-

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Typical colored paper under Plexiglas, metal backing plate construction.

1. Order of Labor - 3rd Class.

Ordinul Muncii.

2. Order of the Star of the Romanian People's Republic, 5th Class.

Ordinul "Steaua Republicii Populare Romîne" 1948-66

OR

Order of the Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania 5th Class.

Ordinul "Steaua Republicii Socialiste România" 1966 -1989.

3. 50th Anniversary of the Romanian Communist Pary" Medal.

Medalia "A 50-a aniversare a Partidului Comunist Român" 1971.

4. 20th Anniversary of the Libaration of the Country Medal.

Medalia "A XX-a aniversare a eliberãrii patriei," 1964.

5. 25th Anniversary of the Libaration of the Country Medal.

Medalia "A XXV-a aniversare a eliberãrii patriei," 1969.

6. Medal in Commemoration of the Collectivization of Agriculture.

Medalia "În cinstea încheieri colectivizãrii agriculturii," 1962.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Kev in Deva]

Medal bar 3:-

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This one is a bit odd having two ribbons for the same award!!

1. Medal of Labor.

Medalia Muncii.

2. Medal in Commemoration of the Collectivization of Agriculture.

Medalia "În cinstea încheieri colectivizãrii agriculturii," 1962.

3. Medal of Labor.

Medalia Muncii.

4. 4. 20th Anniversary of the Libaration of the Country Medal.

Medalia "A XX-a aniversare a eliberãrii patriei," 1964.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Kev in Deva]

Just in the door from the local Deva Hobby Club weekly meeting with these:-

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First Bar:-

1. Medal of Sanitary Merit.

Medalia "Meritul Sanitar", 1969.

Second Bar:-

1. Medal of Labor.

Medalia Muncii.

2. 50th Anniversary of the Romanian Communist Party Medal.

Medalia "A 50-a aniversare a Partidului Comunist Român" 1971.

Third Bar:-

1. Medal of Labor.

Medalia Muncii.

2. 25th Anniversary of proclamation of the Republic Medal.

Medalia "25 de ani de la proclamarea Republicii" 1972.

3. 50th Anniversary of the Romanian Communist Party Medal.

Medalia "A 50-a aniversare a Partidului Comunist Român" 1971.

Fourth Bar:-

1. Medal of Labor.

Medalia Muncii.

2. 25th Anniversary of proclamation of the Republic Medal.

Medalia "25 de ani de la proclamarea Republicii" 1972.

3. "30th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Country from Fascist Domination" Medal.

Medalia "30 de ani de la eliberarea României de sub dominaþia fascistã," 1974.

4. 50th Anniversary of the Romanian Communist Party Medal.

Medalia "A 50-a aniversare a Partidului Comunist Român" 1971.

Fifth Bar:-

1. Medal of Labor.

Medalia Muncii.

2. 25th Anniversary of proclamation of the Republic Medal.

Medalia "25 de ani de la proclamarea Republicii" 1972.

3. "30th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Country from Fascist Domination" Medal.

Medalia "30 de ani de la eliberarea României de sub dominaþia fascistã," 1974.

4. 50th Anniversary of the Romanian Communist Party Medal.

Medalia "A 50-a aniversare a Partidului Comunist Român" 1971.

Kevin in Deva. :beer:

[Greg Collins]

Hey Kevin,

Again, great bars (a couple of the final image bars seem to be a little on the "rode hard and put up wet" side of things)! The weird thing is you seem to have gotten only one military bar (the first is either Security Troops or Militia) and the rest seem to be civilian (Party members). I have seen duplicate ribbons as well- commemoratives at that- on the same bar and always thought that was peculiar. I guess that's part of the joy of collecting Romania.

The first time I ran across a ribbon bar without military awards I thought it fake until I found a site for an organization investigating crimes under the Communist regime. They have a great collection of photos and, sure enough, found Party members at anniversaries wearing ribbon bars on their suits- most too young to be veterans. May have also happened in the DDR.

Edited September 18, 2009 by Greg Collins

[Kev in Deva]

Just to bump up this thread,

I picked up to more Romanian Communist Bars yesterday at the local Hobby Club.

A 4 piece, either Securitate or Militia connected:-

1.Order for Military Merit, II Class.

2.Order for Service to Socialist Country, 3rd Class (Bronze),

3. Medal for Service to Socialist Homeland - Gold - First Class.

IN SERVICIUL PATRIEI SOCALISTE.

4. The Twentieth Anniversary Medal of the Armed Forces Day 25

October 1944 -1964.

AND a 3 place Civil one:-

1. Order of Labour, III Class.

2. 50th Anniversary of the Romanian Communist Pary" Medal.

3. 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Country Medal.

Opps!!! time for dinner will complete the list later.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

Edited December 12, 2009 by Kev in Deva

[Greg Collins]

Kevin,

While you're dining, and I hope you don't mind my "horning in", I thought I'd complete the list for the first bar... the first ribbon is actually a 2nd Class Order of Military Merit; in second position is the Order for Service to Socialist Country, 3rd Class (Bronze), and in the last position, the medal for the 20th Anniversary of the Romanian Armed Forces. A beautiful RPR Securitate/Militia bar! While I have the awards themselves, I haven't, to date, been able to track down the ribbons. Great find!

Edited December 12, 2009 by Greg Collins

[Kev in Deva]

Kevin,

While you're dining, and I hope you don't mind my "horning in", I thought I'd complete the list for the first bar... the first ribbon is actually a 2nd Class Order of Military Merit; in second position is the Order for Service to Socialist Country, 3rd Class (Bronze), and in the last position, the medal for the 20th Anniversary of the Romanian Armed Forces. A beautiful RPR Securitate/Militia bar! While I have the awards themselves, I haven't, to date, been able to track down the ribbons. Great find!

Greg,

thanks for the update, totally correct with the first,

my bad, I put it down to hunger

I will correct the list in my post.

Again many thanks.

REARS:-

Kevin in Deva. :beer:

Edited December 12, 2009 by Kev in Deva

[Ulsterman]

Very cool Kev!!

Do you ever see any photos of these being worn?

If you ever have a few extra you want to unload, let me know! Really interesting and great bars! :cheers:

[Guest Rick Research]

Missed quite a few of these earlier.

I always assumed ribbon bars like these were worn on uniforms, so being worn on civilian clothes is noteworthy. Old Soviet veterans did, but I've never seen anyone else wearing ribbon bars on civilian clothes in the old Warsaw Pact countries.

[Greg Collins]

Managed to find a couple of images that show ribbon bars being worn on uniforms and civilian clothing. These are from the Online Communism Photo Collection (Romania). First, a 1978 image of Ceausescu and Military Staff:

[Greg Collins]

Next, and from the same source, a group photo of a 1 May crowd in 1965 (Bucharest). Ceausescu is in the very center of the crowd. A smattering of ribbon bars and medals can be seen.

[Kev in Deva]

Hi Greg,

great pictures,

thanks for posting:jumping:

If anything the pictures I have seen in newspapers

tend to show even high-ranking Romanian

officers wearing a modest amount of "Bling".

Kevin in Deva. :beer:

[Greg Collins]

Thanks, Kevin. The Online Communism Photo Collection is pretty interesting and bears a look. A lot of images and, while some are relatively boring- Ceausescu meeting with other countries' leaders in the same old room- there's some pretty good stuff there. The link is:

http://fototeca.arhivelenationale.ro/about_the_project/

Enjoy!