Romania, Kingdom. A Cross Of Sanitary Merit, 2Nd Class, C.1914 United Republic of The order was issued in

The order was issued in three classes and was generally confined to members of the Roman Catholic faith

Several pictures show men wearing pilot badges

in gilded bronze (56x86mm)

he was posthumously awarded the Infantry Assault Badge

an early cross circa 1815-1830

Romania, Kingdom. A Cross Of Sanitary Merit, 2Nd Class, C.1914 United Republic of The order was issued inIn silvered bronze with red enamels, 29. 5 mm (w) x 56. 3 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, on its original wartime ribbon, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Cross of Sanitary Merit was established by King Carol I of Romania by Royal Decree 6471 on November 25, 1913 for his wife Princess Elisabeth of Wied, to award Romanian men, women and organizations deemed to be working outstandingly to improve the health status of the country.