Whazzit Medalbar

[Ralph A]

Excuse the swazzies please... what is that thing on the end?

[Ralph A]

closeup of the dingus:

[Ralph A]

Reverse:

[Ralph A]

Finally, it came with this nice chain. Thanks for looking.

[Stogieman]

Hey Ralph, Happy New Year. That's a Romanian Queen Maria Cross, founded March 1917. There's a second & third class in Klietmann. Check in International for more details:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4351

[Grant Broadhurst]

And the chain is the 1957 version for wear post war .

[Gary B]

Dear Ralph,

I addresses this in the "Nice Views" posting. If you ever decide to part with this please let me know as I have some nice TR/Romanian groupings and am missing this award.

Gary B

[Carol I]

That's a Romanian Queen Maria Cross, founded March 1917. There's a second & third class in Klietmann. Check in International for more details:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4351

It was actually an order, the Order of Queen Mary Cross. Established on 15 March 1917, the order came in three classes and it was destined primarily for the military and civilian personnel with distinguished sanitary activity in wartime. The 1st class badge was enamelled in white, the 2nd class badge was silvered and 3rd class badge was in brown metal.