Destroyer War Badge (Romania)

The Romanian Destroyer War Badge (incorrect caption and form from the magazine Uniforms Market )

The Destroyer War Badge was a Romanian war badge awarded during the Second World War to members of the Royal Romanian Navy , which was donated by Marshal Ion Antonescu on May 27, 1943 by ordinance by the Ministry of National Defense .

Award requirements

The Destroyer War Badge was awarded to all crew members of destroyers in the Romanian Navy if they were entrusted with security tasks for 60 days at sea in various acts of war or for 20 days at sea; also in two verifiable naval battles with surface vehicles.

Appearance and wearing style

The round destroyer war badge is gray and silver and shows in its lower half a wreath of oak leaves and in its upper half the inscription: DISTRUGATOARE (destroyer). In the middle of it is the center of a moving destroyer with ship superstructures, which, coming from right to left, crosses on stylized waves. The upper end of the war badge is adorned with the royal Romanian crown. It was worn as a cross with all military suits under the medal buckle on the left breast pocket.

Individual evidence

↑ Romanian State Gazette No. 138 of June 17, 1943, publication of the text in the magazine Uniform Markt, year 1943, issue No. 7, page 3

[1] Romanian State Gazette No. 138 of June 17, 1943, publication of the text in the magazine Uniform Markt, year 1943, issue No. 7, page 3