List of Romanian orders and decorations

This list contains orders and decorations awarded by Romania .

Coat of arms of the Principality of Romania 1872 to 1882

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Coat of arms of the Principality of Romania 1867 to 1872

• Order of the Governing House (1841) - as the Princely Hohenzollern House Order
• Medal of the Governing House (1841) - as Princely Hohenzollern Medal of Honor
• Medal "Pro virtute militari" (1860)
• Medal for Dedication and Courage (1864)
• Star of Romania (1864)
• Military Merit Medal (1866)
• Medals for 18 and 25 years of service (1872)
• Medal bene merenti (Romania) (1876)
• Elisabeth Cross (1878)
• Loyalty Medal (1878)
• Danube Crossing Cross (1878)
• Medal for the Defenders of Independence (1878)
• Military Medal of Valor (1880)

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Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Romania 1881 to 1921

• Order of the Crown of Romania (1881)
• Public Service Reward Medal (1898)
• Medal for Manliness and Loyalty (1903)
• Order of Carol I (1906)
• Loyalty Service Cross (1906)
• Charles I Jubilee Medal (1906)
• Church work reward medal (1906)
• Cross of the Governing House (1910)
• Medal for Merit in Commerce and Industry (1912)
• Medical Merit Cross (1913)
• Medal of enthusiasm for the country (1913)
• Military service award for 15 and 20 years (1913)
• Military Order Michael the Brave (1916)
• Queen Mary Cross (1917)
• Cross in memory of the war 1916-1919 (1918)
• Invalid Badge of the 1918 War (1918)
• Victory Medal (1921)
• Medal as a reward for services to school building (1923)
• Lake Bravery Medal (1926)
• Medal commemorating the proclamation of independence (1927)

Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Romania 1921 to 1947

• Ferdinand I Medal (1929)
• Order of Ferdinand I (1929)
• Aviator Bravery Order (1930)
• Decoration for 40 years of service (1930)
• Culture Merit Order (1931)
• Medal for Flying Bravery (1931)
• Order For Merit (1931)
• Medal reward for work of 25 years in civil service (1931)
• Loyalty Order (1932)
• Agricultural Merit Order (1932)
• Agricultural Merit Medal (1932)
• Decoration of Honor from the Romanian Eagle (1933)
• Pelesch Medal (1933)
• King Karl II commemorative medal (1934)
• Bene Merenti Order of the Governing House (1935)
• Bene Merenti Medal of the Governing House (1935)
• Cross of Honor for Merit (1937)
• King Karl I commemorative medal (1939)
• Bene Merenti Cross for Rescue (1940)
• Order of St. George (1940)
• Volunteer Badge of the 1916-1919 War (1940)
• Medal in memory of the crusade against communism (1942)
• Badge of the invalids of war for the reunification of the nation (1942)
• Commemorative tokens of the heroes who died in the war for the reunification of the nation (1942)
• Medal for soldiers from Bessarabia and Bukovina (1943)
• Romanian Labor Wages Medal (1943)
• Badge for model companies (1943)
• Order August 23, 1944 (1945)
• Order of the State Guard
• State Guard Medal
• Decoration of honor for services to the state guard
• Badge of Honor "Pro Virtute"
• Aviator badge

People's Republic or Socialist Republic

State coat of arms from 1952 to 1965

• Star of the People's Republic of Romania (1948)
• Labor Medals (1948)
• Order of Defense of the Fatherland (1949)
• Medal of Labor (1949)
• Medal "Liberation from the Fascist Yoke" (1949)
• Order "Hero Mother" (1951)
• Order of "Mother Glory" (1951)
• Maternity Medal (Romania) (1951)
• Title "Hero of Socialist Labor" (1951)
• Golden medal "Sickle and Hammer" (1951)
• Medal commemorating the fifth anniversary of the People's Republic of Romania (1952)
• Medal for Bravery (1953–1958) The Medalia pentru vitejie were established by Decree No. 37/1953 and repealed by Decree 22/1958. Awards did not take place. There are also no images or original pieces.
• Medal for special services in defense of the state order (1953)
• Medal in memory of the establishment of the first units of the Romanian People's Army 10 years ago (1953)
• Military Merit Order (1954)
• Military Merit Medal (1954)
• Fire Fighting Medal (1955)
• Medal "Guard over the Fatherland" (1957)
• Medal in memory of the 50th anniversary of the peasant uprising of 1907 (1957)
• Order for particularly rendered services in defense of the socialist order and the state (1958)
• Medal for the 25th anniversary of the heroic struggles of railroad workers and petroleum workers (1958)
• Order 23 August 1944 (1959)
• Soldier Bravery Medal (1959)
• Medal for the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Romanian Communist Party (1961)
• Medal in honor of the completion of the collectivization of agriculture (1962)
• Order "In the Service of the Socialist Fatherland" (1963)
• Medal for the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the armed forces of the Socialist Republic of Romania (1964)
• Medal for the 20th Anniversary of the Liberated Fatherland (1964)

State coat of arms from 1965 to 1989

• Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania (1966)
• Order of Tudor Vladimirescu (1966)
• Order of Scientific Merit (1966)
• Culture Merit Order (1966)
• Sports Merit Order (1966)
• Medal Tudor Vladimirescu (1966)
• Medal for Scientific Merit (1966)
• Culture Merit Medal (1966)
• Medical Merit Medal (1966)
• Sports Merit Medal (1966)
• Medical Merit Order (1969)
• Medal for the 25th Anniversary of the Liberated Fatherland (1969)
• Medal 50th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Romanian Communist Party (1971)
• Order Victory of Socialism (1971)
• Medal in memory of the proclamation of the republic 25 years ago (1972)
• Medal for the 30th anniversary of Romania's liberation from fascist rule (1974)
• Medal for the 30th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Armed Forces of the Socialist Republic of Romania (1974)
• Agricultural Merit Order (1974)
• Medal for the 40th anniversary of the revolution and social and national, anti-fascist and anti-imperialist liberation (1984)
• Medal "Danube-Black Sea Canal" (1984)
• Order "Hero of the New Agricultural Revolution" (1986)
• Medal for the 25th anniversary of the completion of the collectivization of agriculture in the Socialist Republic of Romania (1987)

Honorary title

The honorary titles of the RPR were changed accordingly with the change of the country abbreviation to RSR.

• Hero of the socialist work of the RPR
• Honored Scientist of the RPR
• Artists of the People of the RPR
• Honored Artist of the RPR
• Honored Master of the Arts of the RPR
• Honored university, high school, secondary school or secondary school teacher of the RPR
• Honored Elementary School Teacher of the RPR
• Honored Doctor of the RPR
• Deserved artist collective of the RPR
• Hero mother
• Honored Technician of Animal Breeding of the RPR
• Honored Veterinarian of the RPR

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State coat of arms since 2016

National Order of Merit

in protocol order:

1. "Steaua României"
2. Ordinul național "Serviciul Credincios" (Faithful Services)
3. Ordinul național "Pentru Merit" (For Merit)
4. Crucea națională "Serviciul Credincios" (Faithful Services)
5. Medal of Merit "Serviciul Credincios" (Faithful Service)
6. Merit Medal "Pentru Merit" (For Merit)

Memorial sign

1. Ordinul "Victoria Revoluției Române din Decembrie 1989" (Victory Sign of the Romanian Revolution of December 1989)
2. Crucea Comemorativa a celui de-al doilea Razboi Mondial, 1941–1945 (memorial cross to the Second World War)
3. Medalia Comemorativă "150 de ani de la naşterea lui Mihai Eminescu" (commemorative medal 150 years of birth of Mihai Eminescu )

Military Merit in Peace

1. Ordinul "Virtutea Militară" (Military Merit)
2. Ordinul "Virtutea Aeronautică" (Air Force Merit)
3. Ordinul "Virtutea Maritimă" (Naval Merit)
4. Ordinule "Bărbăție și Credință" (Courage and Loyalty)
5. Medalia "Virtutea Militară" (Military Merit Medal)
6. Medalia "Virtutea Aeronautică" (Air Force Merit Medal)
7. Medalia "Virtutea Maritimă" (Navy Merit Medal)
8. Medalia "Bărbăție și Credință" (Medal for Courage and Loyalty)

Military Merit Order in War

• Cross of honor for women
• Mihai Viteazul Order

Civil Merit Order

1. Ordinul "Meritul Agricol" (Agricultural Merit Order)
2. Ordinul "Meritul Cultural", cat.A (literatura) (Order of Merit of Culture - Literature)
3. Ordinul "Meritul Cultural", cat.B (Order of Merit of Culture - Music)
4. Ordinul "Meritul Cultural", cat.C (Order of Merit for Culture - Fine Arts)
5. Ordinul "Meritul Cultural", cat.D (arta spectacolului) (Order of Merit of Culture - performing arts)
6. Ordinul "Meritul Cultural", cat.E (patrimoniul cultural național) (Order of Cultural Merit - National Cultural Heritage)
7. Ordinul "Meritul Cultural", cat.F (promovarea culturii) (Order of Merit for Culture - Cultural Promotion)
8. Ordinul "Meritul Cultural", cat.G (cultele) (Order of Merit of Culture - Religion)
9. Ordinul "Meritul Cultural", cat.H (cercetarea științifică) (Order of Merit for Culture - Science and Research)
10. Ordinul "Meritul Cultural", cat.I (arhitectura) (Order of Merit for Culture - Architecture)
11. Ordinul "Meritul Diplomatic" (Order of Merit of the Diplomatic Service)
12. Ordinul "Meritul Industrial și Comercial" (Order of Merit for Trade and Industry)
13. Ordinul "Meritul pentru Învățământ" (Order of Merit for Education and Teaching)
14. Ordinul "Meritul Sanitar" (Order of Merit for Medical Services)
15. Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" (Order of Merit for Sports)
16. Medalia "Meritul Agricol" (Agricultural Merit Medal)
17. Medalia "Meritul Cultural", cat.A (literatura)
18. Medalia "Meritul Cultural", cat.B (muzica)
19. Medalia "Meritul Cultural", cat.C (artele plastice)
20. Medalia "Meritul Cultural", cat.D (arta spectacolului)
21. Medalia "Meritul Cultural", cat.E (patrimoniul cultural național)
22. Medalia "Meritul Cultural", cat.F (promovarea culturii)
23. Medalia "Meritul Cultural", cat.G (cultele)
24. Medalia "Meritul Cultural", cat.H (cercetarea științifică)
25. Medalia "Meritul Cultural", cat.I (arhitectura)
26. Medalia "Meritul Diplomatic"
27. Medalia "Meritul Industrial și Comercial"
28. Medalia "Meritul pentru Învățământ"
29. Medalia "Meritul Sanitar"
30. Medalia "Meritul Sportiv"

Service mark

1. Semnul Onorific "Vulturul Romaniei" ("Eagle of Romania" badge for members of parliament)
2. Semnul Onorific "Rasplata Muncii in Serviciul Public" (official service mark)
3. Semnul Onorific "În Serviciul Patriei" pentru ofițeri și funcționari publici cu statut special (for officers and public service)
4. Semnul Onorific "În Serviciul Patriei" pentru maiștri militari, subofițeri și funcționari publici cu statut special (for NCOs and public service)

Web links

• Chancellery of the Romanian President