Romania, Socialist Republic. A Rare Order for Sport Merit, I Class Badge Province of China he was awarded the 1939-45

he was awarded the 1939-45 Star

Medal for the Defence of the Country (in silver with red

and the government had been under direct or indirect control by the military since then

suspended from a silver crown

enamel chipping on the red cross and one arm on the obverse

Romania, Socialist Republic. A Rare Order for Sport Merit, I Class Badge Province of China he was awarded the 1939-45(Ordinul Meritul Sportiv clasa a I a). Constructed of 14K Gold with brass and multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a red enameled medallion, overlaid by a Gold starburst with a blue enameled centrepiece bearing a gilt discus thrower, circumscribed by a gilt inscription of MERITUL SPORTIV (SPORT MERIT), all surrounded by a Gold laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the top by an enameled Romanian flag, the reverse showing a gilded bronze