A 1941 Romanian Eastern Front “Crusade Against Communism” Medal Hold with the two ends loose

with the two ends loose and missing their tie

and red enameling

when he returned to the 1st Battalion and suffered a gun shot wound (shrapnel) to his right knee on August 10

Middle: a crest with a bolt of lightning striking it (the unit’s crest that gave it the nickname “Blitz”)

good quality mid-War badge by maker Assmann (marked by company logo A)

A 1941 Romanian Eastern Front “Crusade Against Communism” Medal Hold with the two ends looseA 1941 Romanian Cruciada Impotriva Comunismului; circular gilded bronze medal; on loop for suspension; with its period original ribbon; the obverse with a hand holding a sword vertically with sun rays to the left and right of the hilt, and circumscribed 1941 as well as Cruciada Importava Comunismului (Crusade against Communism); the reverse with a portrait of a female facing towards the left and circumscribed Romania Recunoscatoare (Romania