Roumanian order awarded to Admiral of the Fleet, Earl David Beatty, G C B (1871-1936) in 1919. Badge: A gold crosslet enamelled blue, with rays of gold issuing from the angles and surmounted by two swords in saltire, the whole with a crown above. Obverse: in the centre, on a red enamelled medallion, an eagle displayed and crowned, gold within a blue enamelled band, edged gold. Legend: 'IN FIDE SALUS' surrounded by an oak wreath enamelled green. Reverse: On a red ground surrounded by an oak wreath enamelled green, the cypher 'C.I.' (Carol I) crowned in gold. Suspended from a sash of red moire ribbon with two blue stripes near the edges. Star: A silver-rayed star of eight points mounted with two swords in saltire gold, bearing the badge without the crown.

Beatty entered the navy in 1884 at the age of 13, training in ‘Britannia.’ He commanded a gunboat on the Nile during Kitchener's re-conquest of the Sudan, gaining the D.S.O. and early promotion to commander. He served in ‘Barfleur’ during the Boxer Rebellion, leading reinforcements to Tientsin and Hsiku. He was wounded during this operation. In 1910 he was promoted Rear-Admiral at an exceptionally early age. In 1912 Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, appointed him his naval secretary. During the First World War he commanded the battle-cruiser fleet based on Rosyth in HMS ‘Lion’ He achieved a decisive victory at Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914. During an action in the area of Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915, the ‘Blucher’ was sunk but the remaining German ships escaped. Beatty led the battle-cruiser fleet at Jutland 31 May 1916 - the only major naval action of the war. In 1916 he succeeded Jellicoe as Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet and after the war, was First Sea Lord from 1919-1927.