Cross of Faithful Service

Cross of Faithful Service Crucea națională "Serviciul Credincios"
Faithful Service Cross, Third Class, civil division (modern version)
Awarded by The King of the Romanians (1906 - 1947) The President of Romania (since 2000)
Country	Romania
Type	Multiple classes civil and military national cross (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	1906 reestablished 2000
Precedence
Next (higher)	National Order for Merit[1]
Next (lower)	Medal of Faithful Service[1]
Related	Order of Faithful Service
Ribbon bar of the cross

The Cross of Faithful Service (Romanian: Crucea națională "Serviciul Credincios") was instituted by King Carol I in 1906, as a two class cross. In early 1948, together with the Order and Medal of Faithful Service as well as all the traditional Romanian orders, it was discontinued by the Communist Government of Romania.

In 2000 it was re-instituted together with the Order and Medal, as a three class cross. It is the highest state decoration for people without higher education, and the third highest in the National System of Decorations of Romania.^[1]

References

External links

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