Multi-piece construction badge in solid (tested) 14K Gold, with twenty genuine round diamonds inset in a silver ring, with Romanian Socialist Republic (RSR) coat-of-arms in the centre; badge measures approximately 45.5 mm x 66 mm inclusive of its laurel wreath suspension; the suspension also in die struck solid 14Kt. Gold, with inset genuine oval ruby; of very fine quality manufacture undoubtedly by the Romanian State mint, slightly worn, in extremely fine condition and rare.
Footnote: The Hero of the Romanian Socialist Republic was the highest award of the communist Romanian Socialist Republic, awarded for outstanding merit in internal and external Romanian politics. It was seldom awarded.

