Conversation so far:
When was this released?
1937-1938.
Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?
The Legion was excluded from political coalitions by nominally fascist King Carol.
Why did the king exclude them?
The government alliance, unified as the National Christian Party, gave itself a blue-shirted paramilitary corps that borrowed heavily from the Legion.

Question: What was the Legion?
Self-contained rewrite: What was the Legion that was excluded from political coalitions by King Carol?