King of Greece after World War II - Paul I.

So here we have the Greece drachma, nominal - 20. The year of issue of this coin is 1960, mint: Royal mint, Tower Hill, London, UK. Total circulation – 20.019.982.

Paul, born December 14, in 1901, Athens, Greece — died March 6 in 1964 in Athens, king of Greece 1947 – 64, he helped his country overcome communist guerrilla forces after World War II.

Paul, the third son of King Constantine I of Greece, left Greece with his father following Constantine’s deposition in 1917. He refused the crown after the death of his brother, King Alexander (October 1920), but returned home in December 1920 upon Constantine’s restoration to the throne. With the rise of republican feeling, however, he again left Greece in December 1923 and remained in exile until 1935, when his brother George was recalled as king.

In 1938 Paul married his young cousin, the princess Frederika of Brunswick. He held officer’s rank in the Greek navy, army, and air force and was a member of the army general staff at the outbreak of war with Italy in 1940. In 1941 he escaped from occupied Greece and lived in Cairo and South Africa.

After the war Paul again returned home. He ascended the throne upon the death of George in April 1, 1947. At that time Greece received U.S. economic assistance and help in putting down the communist insurrection.