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In fact, this organization either did not exist, or the evidence for its existence is insufficient.

No sources other than a 2005 archived web page, which takes material from Radu Ioanid’s 1990 book The Sword of the Archangel, today hard to find except in older print copies, suggest that FNR merged with MNFIR to create this organization or even confirm that it existed.

Newer sources and studies suggest the otherwise; MNFIR's lack of succes determined a signifcant portion of its members to leave for the much more popular FNR in 1922. (See Legiunea Arhanghelului Mihail by Armin Heinen, p. 102-104).

Roland Clark, a researcher specialized in Interwar Romania and the phenomenon of the Legionary Movement, treats the adherence of MNFIR members to the FNR as a merger in his 2015 book titled "Holy Legionary Youth: Fascist Activism in Interwar Romania".
He cites Heinen's work.

The book has an expanded and revised edition in Romanian, which is the edition I cite for this matter: p. 40-41. There is an older Romanian version of the book available for free on Internet Archive (See here, p. 36-37). Clark also discusses the FNR at length in his 2012 thesis (See here, p. 108-111), but he makes no mention of it merging with the MNFIR to form another organization. He does talk about the 1923 split mentioned in Ioanid’s book, but this seems to have no connection with a merger.

Another source that examines the two organizations in terms of structure, activity, and ideology is an article titled "The Romanian Right. Aspects of Paramilitary Group Organization I" by Beldiman D. & Beldiman C. Once again, there is no mention of them merging to form another organization.

Ultimately, the MNFIR members left their original organization while the FNR was still called Salvatorii Patriei (English: Saviors of the Motherland). Later, in 1922, they officially adopted the name Fascia Națională Română.

A single, barely accessible source, in contrast to multiple more recent sources that make no mention of such a merger, is neither reliable nor sufficient. A search of the massive Arcanum Newspapers archive reveals no contemporary mentions of this organization; however, both the MNFIR and the FNR are referenced in various articles. Cristian9343 (talk) 20:01, 16 September 2025 (UTC)