Award
Order of Michael the Brave Ordinul Mihai Viteazul Type Military Award Presented by The King of Romania (1916 – 1947) The President of Romania (since 2000) Eligibility Military personnel on active service Status Awarded only in time of war Established 1916, re-instituted 2000 First awarded 1916 Last awarded 1944 and disbanded in 1947 Ribbon of the Order of Michael the Brave
Next (higher) None (Highest) Next (lower) Order of the Star of Romania
The Order of Michael the Brave (Romanian : Ordinul Mihai Viteazul ) 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 honor of Michael the Brave (Mihai Viteazul ), the late 16th-century Prince of Wallachia , Transylvania , and Moldavia .
Highest military awards for gallantry
Orders, decorations, and medals of Romania
National decorations[a]
Commemorative decorations
Order of Victory of the Romanian Revolution of December 1989
Commemorative Cross of the Second World War, 1941-1945
Commemorative Cross of the Anti-communist Resistance
Commemorative Medal "150 Years from the birth of Mihai Eminescu"
Peacetime military decorations
Civil decorations
Orders
Agricultural Merit Order
Cultural Merit Order (categories A to I)[b]
Diplomatic Merit Order
Industrial and Commercial Merit Order
Educational Merit Order
Medical Merit Order
Athletic Merit Order
Medals
Agricultural Merit Medal
Cultural Merit Medal (categories A to I)[b]
Diplomatic Merit Medal
Industrial and Commercial Merit Medal
Educational Merit Medal
Medical Merit Medal
Athletic Merit Medal
Wartime military decorations[c]
Honorific signs
Eagle of Romania
Reward for the Work in the Public Service
In the Service of the Country (officers)
In the Service of the Country (warrant officers)
^ The peacetime military insignia added: two crossed swords (tip up) between the sign and the link if awarded to military personnel in peacetime
^ The categories are equal in ranking, and differentiate only the cultural field
(A - literature; B - music; C - fine arts; D - performing arts; E - national cultural heritage; F - promotion of culture; H - religious cults; G - scientific research; I - architecture) ;
^ The war insignia added: two crossed swords (tip up) behind the sign (except for
Order of Michael the Brave , an order exclusevely for military personnel with exception conduct in wartime or warzones)