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Pro-Basarabia and Bucovina medal

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Geto-Dacul

Posted: August 07, 2003 02:01 am

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This medal was created on 27 October 1943 for award to all military personnel who had remained loyal to Romania in June 1940 when both these provinces had become occupied by the Soviet Union. It is a \"tombak\" (zinc and copper alloy) medal depicting on its obverse the female figure of Romania and two soldiers with bayonets. The reverse shows two women, representing the two provinces, with a map of the area and the year \"1940\" above. The ribbon is blue with a red centre stripe edged yellow.
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Has anyone saw a medal like this? Looks like a medal from the same type as the "Crusade against communism medal"...

Victor	Posted: August 08, 2003 04:12 pm
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Geto-Dacul	Posted: August 09, 2003 01:42 am
Plutonier adjutant Group: Members Posts: 383 Member No.: 9 Joined: June 18, 2003	Victor, thank you very much for the pic... If you find similar pics 9or better) with the reverse, please post them! :wink:

Victor	Posted: August 09, 2003 09:24 am
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4350 Member No.: 3 Joined: February 11, 2003	Sorry that is all I could find. I will go in a couple to the Military Museum to take pictures of medals. Maybe I will find it there.

Geto-Dacul	Posted: November 28, 2003 07:34 pm
Plutonier adjutant Group: Members Posts: 383 Member No.: 9 Joined: June 18, 2003	New pic of that medal found : Source : http://users.skynet.be/hendrik/eng/39romania.html Getu'

Victor	Posted: November 28, 2003 08:06 pm
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4350 Member No.: 3 Joined: February 11, 2003	Well, those are much better!

Geto-Dacul	Posted: November 28, 2003 08:14 pm
Plutonier adjutant Group: Members Posts: 383 Member No.: 9 Joined: June 18, 2003	Yes, indeed... And a very interesting medal. Never saw it for sale anywhere. The number of recipients must have been low, and with the Soviet occupation, having such a medal would have been gulag for sure. Getu'

Victor

Posted: November 29, 2003 07:22 am

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Yes, indeed... And a very interesting medal. Never saw it for sale anywhere. The number of recipients must have been low, and with the Soviet occupation, having such a medal would have been gulag for sure.

Getu'

The medal was awarded from October 1943 to the Bessarabian or Bukovinan volunteers who fought in 1941 for the liberation of their homes. So I guess there were not that many medals awarded, especially since 10 months later it would have been impossible to give them.

Carol I	Posted: June 25, 2004 08:09 am
General de armata Group: Members Posts: 2250 Member No.: 136 Joined: November 06, 2003	Was this medal officially cancelled in the autumn of 1944? If yes, by which decree did it happen? Was it the same decree that cancelled the Crusade against Bolshevism Medal?

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