Antonescu medal, 'Mareșal al României și Conducătorul Statului' (G. Stănescu, 1941)
The obverse of a bronze commemorative medal showing Ion Antonescu in profile and uniform, ringed by his titles 'Marshal of Romania and Leader of the State'. The museum's catalogue gives the reverse as a sword in a laurel wreath with the legend 'Unifier, you have deserved well of the fatherland', honorific words that stand in for any listed deed; only the obverse is pictured.
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Medal by the engraver Gh. Stănescu; no issuing body is stated by the holding museum
- Country
- Romania
- Medium
- Banknotes and coins
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Antonescu Regime
- Leader
- Ion Antonescu
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- National Museum of Romanian History, via Culturalia and Europeana, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0 (stated by the holding museum on Europeana); 1941 medal
National Museum of Romanian History, via Culturalia / Europeana (CC BY-SA 4.0); image converted from the museum's TIFF to JPEG.
Text on the object
ANTONESCU·MARESAL·AL·ROMANIEI·SI·CONDUCATORUL·STATULUI GH STANESCU 1941
ANTONESCU, MARSHAL OF ROMANIA AND LEADER OF THE STATE GH. STĂNESCU 1941
Obverse only. The reverse legend 'INTREGITORULE·AI·BINEMERITAT·DELA·PATRIE' (Unifier, you have deserved well of the fatherland) is quoted from the museum's catalogue description, not read from the image. Machine translation by Claude, not checked by a fluent reader of Romanian.
