Portrait of King Michael I facing right, lettering around.

The Steel Crown divides wreath with date and value within.

The Steel Crown of King Carol I of Romania was forged at the Army Arsenal in Bucharest of the steel of a cannon captured by the Romanian Army from the Ottomans during the War of Independence (1877–1878). Carol I chose steel, and not gold, to symbolize the bravery of the Romanian soldiers. He received it during the ceremonies of his coronation and of the proclamation of Romania as a kingdom in 1881.

Nihil sine Deo, Latin for "Nothing without God", is used as a motto by the German Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen royal family. This formula was the motto of the Kingdom of Romania, while ruled by the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty (1878–1947).