Medal for the 40th anniversary of the revolution and social and national, anti-fascist and anti-imperialist liberation

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The medal for the 40th anniversary of the revolution and the social and national, anti-fascist and anti-imperialist liberation ( Romanian Medalia "A 40-a aniversare a revoluției de eliberare socială și națională, antifascistă și anti-imperialistă" ) was a state award of the Socialist Republic of Romania . The foundation took place in 1984 in one class. It was awarded to people who “had made a contribution to the building of socialism and the liberation of Romania from fascism ”.

Appearance and wearing style

The obverse of the gilded medal shows a worker with an outstretched right arm, in whose hand he is holding a branch of laurel. Behind the person there are industrial and agricultural symbols and in the upper left half of the medal you can read 23 / August . The reverse of the coin shows in front of a radiation background in the upper half of the coin the outline of Romania with the data 1944/1984 . The lower half of the medal is determined by two tied laurel branches and the Roman numeral XXXX .

The medal was worn on the left side of the chest of the entrant on a golden pentagonal metal clasp with a laurel wreath and a colored national flag.

Historical background

see under: Royal coup in Romania 1944

On August 23, 1944 , a coup took place under the leadership of the Romanian King Michael I in the Kingdom of Romania . The result was the end of Marshal Ion Antonescu's military dictatorship and the military alliance with the German Reich , the defeat of which was looming in World War II .

As a result, Romania took part in the war on the side of the Allies. Domestically, the coup made a short-term democratization possible, but ultimately paved the way for the country to be integrated into Soviet power.

The historiography of Romania , which was communist-ruled until 1989 , and that of the Eastern Bloc described the coup as an "anti-fascist uprising" of the Romanian people, to which the king only contributed to the fact that he was at its head.

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. 89.