2 Questions with Regards Romanian Royal Medals, Crusade Against Communisum & Queen Marie

Hallo Gentlemen,

I'd like a definitive answer, if possible, backed by some prime references (original decree maybe?) re: the Crusade against Communism medal of 1941, as to which sides are the obverse & reverse.

So far I've come across the following views:

Safta et al (Decoratii Romanesti de Razboi 1860-1947) gives the obverse as the cross & sword (description and picture).

Catone et al (Romania decoratii 1859-1991) gives the obverse as the head (description only).

Calianu (Decoratiile romanesti de la Cuza-Voda la Regele Mihai I) - obverse = cross & sword (description & pic).

Purves (The medals, decorations & orders of WWII, 1939-45) - obverse = head (description only).

Armata Romana in al doilea razboi mondial gives obverse as the head (pic only).

Klietmann isn't really any help (lots of background but no description), with just a pic of a ribbonless medal, although by inference the head is the obverse as that pic is on the left of the pic with the sword & cross.

Also, I'm sure I've seen an image on the forum showing a German officer wearing the medal with the sword & cross as obverse.

You see my confusion from the above.

ALSO With regards: this scan of an Order of the cross of Queen Marie, cl.3, and a scan of a detail on the reverse.



Detail is a letter R.



What does this indicate, please?

My thoughts are that it probably denotes "R" for RESCH.

In the West it would indicate a "replacement", or "replica" (thats if the equivalent Romanian words actually start with an "R" of course).

Kevin in Deva.

Any comments??

Kevin in Deva

WOW!!! 104 views and no comments from anybody, now that must be a new record

Was it such a hard question???

Ok so 3 views were mine.

Kevin in Deva.

Hi NCR,

Sorry for the complete silence. On my end, I don't know much about military decorations, otherwise I would have tried to help out.

I'm hoping that other people who have expertise in this field will chime in.

Kevin in Deva, if I would had posted such 'follow-ups' to every question of mine that remained unanswered, the forum's post count would almost be double...

Gen. Dénes

This post has been edited by Dénes on June 10, 2007 07:52 am

Hi Denes

to get a response sometimes you have to keep ringing the bell,

I noticed we had a lot of people who quite frequently posted information about Romanian Royal Orders / Medals in the past, this time it looks like they are all on holiday.

But, I have also noticed a big drop off in posts in general on this forum over the last few months!!

Kevin in Deva

You are absolutley right

My question is about the anti-Communist medal bars. Which ones were authorized to be given out with it? Found two for sale and was wondering.

Hallo RHaught,

there are already threads here with listings covering the question you posted,

you will find them using the Forum "search" function.

Kevin in Deva