Medal "In Service To The Socialist Nation".

[Greg Collins]

Here's a group you don't see every day. I'm not going to call these medals rare (someone with more expertise than I will have to do that); I will say that they are rarely seen. The medal on the right, which is the most common of the trio, is the Medal for Distinguished Services in Defense of the Social Order and the Country (Medalia "Pentru servicii deosebite aduse în apãrarea orânduirii sociale ºi de stat") issued from 1968. The other two are the Medal for Service to Socialist Country (Medalia "În serviciul patriei socialiste") - Gold (1st Class-RPR) and Silver (2nd Class-RSR) issued from 1963. The case is cardboard without any feux covering, and is for the 1st Class Medal of Service...