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It was originally awarded in six grades: Grand Cross with Collar

The blade sits firmly within a gilded bronze crossguard

Romania had a considerable aviation industry in the 1920s and 1930s

Footnote: The Order of Lenin

the interior with a padded paper lid liner and depressed purple velvet medal bed

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