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Claudiu1988 |
Posted: December 02, 2004 08:58 pm
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Colonel Group: Members Posts: 943 Member No.: 398 Joined: November 23, 2004 |
Can someone tell me when the CROSS OF THE INDEPENDENCE WAR 1877-1878 (trecerea Dunarii 1877) was design (instituita) ? It has a beret " Traditie"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...2290786934&rd=1 This post has been edited by Claudiu1988 on December 03, 2004 07:50 am |
Carol I |
Posted: December 02, 2004 09:09 pm
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General de armata Group: Members Posts: 2250 Member No.: 136 Joined: November 06, 2003 |
The "Crossing of the Danube" Cross was originally instituted on 25 October 1877. But the TRADIŢIE bar on your medal indicates that the holder was in fact the son of an officer serving in the 1877 war.
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REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR |
Posted: December 03, 2004 05:02 am
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General de brigada Group: Members Posts: 1079 Member No.: 198 Joined: January 18, 2004 |
I beleive that the cross currently on Ebay with the "Traditie" bar is a restrike of the original made in 1877. This one looks to have been made at the time the brevet was issued in 1910 and I have seen them also made and issued in the 1930's.
The type of metal used, and the suspension ring at the top of the medal will indicate if it is a restrike or later made piece. |
Claudiu1988 |
Posted: December 06, 2004 09:00 am
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Colonel Group: Members Posts: 943 Member No.: 398 Joined: November 23, 2004 |
Thank you very much.
Best regards. |
Mareşal Boboescu |
Posted: December 22, 2004 07:38 pm
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Soldat Group: Members Posts: 31 Member No.: 397 Joined: November 21, 2004 |
The "traditie" stripe is granted when the holder of the medal was not a participant but a direct relative of him. The same situation is met today in the case of "Crucea de rezistenta anticomunista" medal.
HONOR ET PATRIA Ml. B. |
Carol I |
Posted: January 31, 2005 08:59 pm
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General de armata Group: Members Posts: 2250 Member No.: 136 Joined: November 06, 2003 |
The descendant should also have been an active officer on the date of the award. |
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