Romania, Socialist Republic. A Rare Order for Sport Merit, I Class Badge Auction and Wireless Air Gunner (WAG)

and Wireless Air Gunner (WAG) Wing (red

the OIWUS also provided for hereditary male membership

measuring 23 mm (w) x 12 mm (h)

72 mm x 101 mm)

and a knife

Romania, Socialist Republic. A Rare Order for Sport Merit, I Class Badge Auction and Wireless Air Gunner (WAG)(Ordinul Meritul Sportiv clasa a I a). Constructed of 14K Gold with brass and multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a red enameled medallion, overlaid by a Gold starburst with a blue enameled centrepiece bearing a gilt discus thrower, circumscribed by a gilt inscription of MERITUL SPORTIV (SPORT MERIT), all surrounded by a Gold laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the top by an enameled Romanian flag, the reverse showing a gilded bronze