Medal of Faithful Service

Medal of Faithful Service Medalia națională "Serviciul Credincios"
Third Class Medal of Faithful Service, civil division (modern version)
Awarded by The King of the Romanians (1878 - 1947) The President of Romania (since 2000)
Country	Romania
Type	Multiple classes civil and military national medal (listed from lowest to highest): Third Class Second Class First Class
Eligibility	(1) Civil, military; (2) military units; (3) foreign citizens
Awarded for	(1) Exceptional civil and military services to the Romanian State and the Romanian people; (2) For special acts in time of peace or for heroic acts in time of war; (3) For contributing to the development of the friendship relations with Romania, or for other exceptional services to the Romanian State and the Romanian People
Status	Currently awarded
Statistics
Established	1878 reestablished 2000
Precedence
Next (higher)	Cross of Faithful Service
Next (lower)	National Medal for Merit
Related	Order of Faithful Service
Ribbon bar of the medal

The Medal of Faithful Service (Romanian: Medalia națională "Serviciul Credincios") was instituted by King Carol I in April 1878. In early 1948, together with the Order, Cross and all the traditional Romanian orders was disbanded by the communist authorities.

In 2000 it was re-instituted together with the Order and Cross, as a three class medal. It is the second most important award for people without higher education, the equivalent of the Order of Faithful Service.

References

Romania’s national system of decorations (PDF). Bucharest: Monitorul Oficial. 2003. pp. 382–396. ISBN 973-567-404-1. 

External links

• World Medal Index - Republic of Romania: Medal of Faithful Service

Romanian National Decorations System
National decorations[a]	Orders Order of the Star of Romania Order of Faithful Service Order For Merit Crosses Cross of Faithful Service Medals Medal of Faithful Service Medal for Merit
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	Orders Order of Military Virtue Order of Aeronautical Virtue Order of Matitime Virtue Order of Valour and Faith Medals Military Virtue Medal Aeronautical Virtue Medal Maritime Virtue Medal Valour and Faith Medal
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]	Orders Order of Michael the Brave Order of the Star of Romania Order of Faithful Service Order For Merit Order of Military Virtue Order of Aeronautical Virtue Order of Maritime Virtue Order of Valour and Faith Medical Merit Order Crosses Cross of Faithful Service Medals Medal of Faithful Service Medal For Merit Military Virtue Medal Medal of Aeronautical Virtue Medal of Maritime Virtue Medal of Valour and Faith Medical Merit Medal
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)