Romania, Kingdom. An Order Of The Star Of Romania, V Class Knight, Military Division, C.1940 Archive weighing 1 gram

weighing 1 gram

Tannenberg was a ferry owned by the Hamburg America Line (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft = HAPAG)

she was assigned to escort group W-5

to carry out bombing operations in Germany

66 mm x 83 mm

Romania, Kingdom. An Order Of The Star Of Romania, V Class Knight, Military Division, C.1940 Archive weighing 1 gram(Ordin "Steaua Romaniei"). Instituted in 1877. Type II (1932 1947). In silvered bronze with red, green and blue enamels, gilt cypher of Carol I on the obverse centrepiece, measuring 41 mm (w) x 63 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, intact enamels, on a 1932 1938 original ribbon with hook and eye, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of the Star of Romania is Romania's highest civil Order and second highest State decoration after the defunct