Medal for the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the armed forces of the Socialist Republic of Romania
The medal for the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the armed forces of the Socialist Republic of Romania ( Romanian A XX-a aniversare a Zilei Armatei Republicii Socialiste România ) was a state award of the Socialist Republic of Romania . The foundation took place on October 25, 1964 by decree 642 of the Council of State ( Consiliul de stat ). The publication of the statutes was announced in the Romanian State Gazette ( Buletinul oficial ) No. 13. The medal, which was donated in a class, was awarded to military and civilians who had helped strengthen the army. The medal was also awarded to persons and veterans of the anti-fascist war Romania against Hitler Germany in World War II .
Appearance and wearing style
The medal has the shape of a ten-pointed star. The obverse of the gold-plated medal shows, within a laurel wreath, a Romanian soldier with a steel helmet on his head and a machine gun in his hand, which he carries in front of his chest. A waving flag can be seen in the background. The Roman numeral XX is stamped in the lower intersection of the laurel wreath . The reverse of the medal is smooth shows the three-line inscription: 1944 - 1964 / 25. / OCTOMBRIE .
The medal was worn on the left chest of the borrower on a 24 mm wide pentagonal clasp on a red ribbon. A white, blue and white central stripe is woven into the middle of the ribbon. The hem is kept in the national colors of Romania from the outside to the inside, red-yellow-blue.
See also
literature
- Rainer Schmitt: The awards of the People's Republic and the Socialist Republic of Romania 1948-1989. Phaleristischer Verlag Michael Autengruber, Konstanz 2001, ISBN 3-936529-78-7 , p. 69.