Romania, Kingdom. A Loyal Service Cross, I Class, C.1918 Newly Listed which was hit in 1941

which was hit in 1941 off Beirut

dying six years later

7 mm with a horizontal pinback)

measuring 42 mm x 32 mm

the soldier at the left with an artillery insignia on his belt buckle

Romania, Kingdom. A Loyal Service Cross, I Class, C.1918 Newly Listed which was hit in 1941(Crucea Serviciu Credinciosu). Instituted in 1906. Type I (1906 1932). In bronze gilt, measuring 38 mm (w) x 57. 7 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, spotting, original ribbon with hook and eye, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Loyal Service Cross was instituted on November 11, 1906, in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of King Carols appointment as Domnitor of the Principality of Romania, to be awarded for long and faithful service to