ORDINUL NAȚIONAL FERDINAND I ÎN COLECȚIILE MUZEULUI NAȚIONAL AL UNIRII DIN ALBA IULIA
he National order of Ferdinand I in the collections of the National Museum of Unification Alba Iulia

Summary/Abstract: The National Museum of Unification Alba Iulia holds within its patrimony a collection of decorations belonging to the order of Ferdinand I, an order instituted in 1929 in the memory of King Ferdinand I and those who contributed to the union of all Romanians. The record of the museum – Medal Collection – contains 78 such pieces (of all grades of the order: 23 knights, 17 Officers, 17 Commanders, 9 Grand Officers, 10 Grand Crosses and 2 Collars, inventory numbers from 1188 to 1263), a reasonable number if we consider that until the discontinuance of the award in 1937, 298 distinctions were issued. The expansion of heritage belonging to the museum from Alba Iulia with these 78 distinctions is connected to three personalities of the age: King Carol II, General Dănilă Papp, at that time royal resident of Mureș Province that had its residence in Alba Iulia and archaeologist Ion Berciu, manager of the museum from Alba Iulia. All decorations of the deceased persons had to be sent by the Chancery of Orders to the museum from Alba Iulia, for the preservation of which a special cabinet had to be made. Subsequently, in 1968 and 1970 other two decorations of the order Ferdinand were purchased, thus, the collection totalling 80 distinctions of the order.

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