A 1941 Romanian Eastern Front “Crusade Against Communism” Medal Hold Titus of Gore Bay

Titus of Gore Bay

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

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

with the two ends loose and missing their tie

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

A 1941 Romanian Eastern Front “Crusade Against Communism” Medal Hold Titus of Gore BayA 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