Romanian / Axis Crusade Against Communism Medal (224)
Original WWII German-Romanian Crusade Against Communism Medal for award to Romanian, German and Italian Eastern Front troops - (Rumäne Medaille für Kampf Gegen den Kommunismus).
On June 28TH 1940 the Russians overtook the Romanian territories of Bessarabia and northern Bukov. This resulted, with German pressure, in the abdication of Romania’s King Carol II on September 6th 1940 and the occupation of the rest of the country by German troops on October 7th. The Germans soon appointed Field Marshall Ion Antonescu as Prime Minister with Carol’s son, King Michael I, as a puppet figurehead.
On November 23rd 1940 the Romanians signed the Tripartite Pact and officially became an Axis power. With the German invasion of Russia on June 22nd 1941 the Romanians joined in whole-heartedly and on April 1st 1942 the Romanians instituted the Crusade against Communism medal, to commemorate their participation in the campaign.
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