Macedonia. An Ilinden Commemorative Award, By Ikom, 1950 certificate_of_authenticity Manescu's father was a Communist

Manescu's father was a Communist Party veteran from Ploiesti

Captured: 2 Machine Guns

marked with the Bulgarian People's Republic coat-or-arms and entitled Veteran of Labour in Cyrillic script on the lid

the final weekly intake of mili­tia units for nor­mal sum­mer train­ing had been com­pleted at Camp Petawawa in August

(Heer Tropenhelm)

Macedonia. An Ilinden Commemorative Award, By Ikom, 1950 certificate_of_authenticity Manescu's father was a CommunistSilver diamond shaped medal, reverse bearing IKOM, ZAGREB" and impressed "2837, hallmarked, bearing makers Mark IKOM, measuring at 60. 75mm (w) x60. 68mm (h) weighing at 79. 6 grams, in extremely fine condition. Footnote: This decoration was established by the Macedonian government in 1950 within the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. It was conferred in commemoration of the Macedonian Uprising against the Turks on St. Ilija Day, August 2, 1903.