Romania (Kingdom). Order of Michael the Brave, Type I (1916-1941), Miniature

Ordinul Mihail Viteazul. Instituted in 1916. In bronze gilt with blue enamels, measuring 14.3 mm (w) x 20 mm (h), intact enamels, extremely fine.

Footnote: The Order of Michael the Brave is Romania's highest military decoration, instituted by King Ferdinand I during the early stages of the Romanian Campaign of the First World War, and was again awarded in the Second World War. The Order, which may be bestowed either on an individual or on a whole unit, was named in honour of Michael the Brave (Mihai Viteazul), a late 16th-century Prince of Wallachia, Transylvania, and Moldavia.