 In the Romanian government's official Royal Decree document published in the 5 July 1941 "Monitorul Oficial" among the Banateans decorated with the King Ferdinand I Medal (Medalia "Ferdinand I") was Vichentie Petru, who had been living in Timişoara, Romania, since the 1920s.On the morning of 6 April 1941, Axis forces bombed and invaded Yugoslavia.By the end of the month, Yugoslavia ceased to exist as a state, having been divided among Hungary, Bulgaria, and Italy.