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World Civilian Medals - Romania - Order of Carol I - Grand Cross Breast Star. Instituted 1909 AD Gold, silver-gilt and silver. Obv: silver crowned eagle facing left holding cross in beak with gold medallion of Carol I on breast holding sword and sceptre with silver-gilt ribbon inscribed PRIN STATORNICIE LA ISBINDA (By Perseverance to Victory) across; set against silver-gilt sunburst. Rev: plain with small crown punch to one ray; silver-gilt pin with same crown punch, also numbered 48-35 and with incuse ARG and RESCH. Barac IV, Romania 313; Dorling, p.276. 49.78 grams, 75mm across wings. (3"). Property of a European gentleman living in London. The Order was discontinued in 1947, with the fall of the Kingdom and the start of the People's Republic. Extremely fine. Rare.