Crossing of the Danube Cross
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The Crossing of the Danube Cross was a Decoration established by Prince Carol I of Romania by Royal Decree 617 on 23 March 1878 to award individuals for outstanding leadership and contributions in the
Russian forces crossing of the Danube, June 1877, painting by Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky, 1883. The crossing was only possible because the Russians and Romanians had destroyed all the Turkish craft and then mined the river.
Carol I of Romania
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Carol I or Charles I of Romania, nicknamed the King of Independence ; was the monarch of Romania from 1866 to his death in 1914, ruling as Prince from 1866 to 1881, and as King from 1881 to 1914. He w
Carol I, c. 1905–14
Prince Karl of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen, aged 6
Prince Karl of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen c. 1860.
Prince Charles's predecessor as Domnitor of the United Principalities, Alexandru Ioan Cuza.