Regimental badges of the Romanian army

[Carol I]

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I do show a 7th Rosiori Nich II cavalry reg badge listed in my database-I will try to find it this weekend.

Thank you. I am looking forward to seeing it.

Do you know if the "Nicholas II" name of the regiment changed after the Russian revolution of 1917.

[Cuza]

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QUOTE I do show a 7th Rosiori Nich II cavalry reg badge listed in my database-I will try to find it this weekend. Thank you. I am looking forward to seeing it. Do you know if the "Nicholas II" name of the regiment changed after the Russian revolution of 1917.

I have no source, but I would bet on it!

[Cuza]

[quote="Cuza"][quote][quote]I do show a 7th Rosiori Nich II cavalry reg badge listed in my database-I will try to find it this weekend.[/quote]
Thank you. I am looking forward to seeing it.[/quote]



Identification (as told to me) from left to right: 5th Rosiori (w/unknown), 9th Hunter's Guard (Alex I Serbia), 7th Rosiori Nicholas II Calvary, Polish badge w/Carol II as honorary commander.
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[Cuza]

I believe there to be literally hundreds of regimental badges during the Royal period-these are but a few.
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[Carol I]

Thank you very much for the images of the badges.

Could you please identify the badges shown in the last image? Are all of them chest badges or some sholder board pins are also included?

[Cuza]

[quote]Thank you very much for the images of the badges.

Could you please identify the badges shown in the last image? Are all of them chest badges or some sholder board pins are also included?[/quote]

1st row ltor:
1st Border Guard (1st variation)
7th Border Guard
2d Artillery Guard
9th Cavalry
89th Jandamaria

2d row:
9th Cavalry
14th Regiment?
Officer Military Topography
1st Border Guard (2d variation)
35th Artillery

3d row:
Mihai Viteazul Guard Regiment?
hat badge Mountain Alpine-Ferdinand
Army Aero Commander Group 3A Caucaz-Don 1942-43
Monitor Battleship 1st Fleet

4th row:
1st Pioneer Regiment
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1st Artillery
9th Hunter Regiment
Royal Guard Regiment Mihai Viteazul

5th row:
Alba Julia Hospital
4th Artillery
kepi badge 11th Mountain Troop
2d Guard Hunter's Regiment
15 Yr Mountain Troop
unk

The descriptions were given to me by the sellers-I have no reason to disbelieve them, but I have no independent source. I believe the "tinnier" pins are collar or kepi badges. My thanks to Greg of this site for some additional information.

[Carol I]

Thank you very much for the identification of the badges. It has been quite helpful.

[CCJ]

Hi,

I think the Hussar Badge should belong to me. Do you need my hipping address?

[mihai]

What the Hussar Bagde do you have?
Mihai

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Hi, I think the Hussar Badge should belong to me. Do you need my hipping address?

[Carol I]

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I think the Hussar Badge should belong to me. Do you need my hipping address?

Since I have posted the images of the badges of the hussar regiments, I think the remark was directed to me. But unfortunately I did not understand it.

[Victor]

The translation Rosior=Hussar is not really an appropiate one.

[Carol I]

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The translation Rosior=Hussar is not really an appropiate one.

What would be the appropriate translation then?

[Victor]

Regular cavalry.
But a translation is not realy indicated, as these names are characteristic to the Romanian traditions (the Rosii cavalry corps dates back to the 16th-17th century) as the Huszar is to the Hungarian one.

[Carol I]

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Regular cavalry.

Cavalry is a more general term that encompasses many other cavalry types such as hussars, dragoons or cuirassiers.

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But a translation is not realy indicated, as these names are characteristic to the Romanian traditions (the Rosii cavalry corps dates back to the 16th-17th century) as the Huszar is to the Hungarian one.

I guess that some sort of a translation is needed, in order to properly identify this type of cavalry corps of the Romanian army. Indeed, among the many cavalry types, the ones that made it to the modern (even contemporary) times in many different European armies is the light cavalry usually known as hussars. And my opinion is that the Rosiori corps of the Romanian army represents a light cavalry that resembles most the hussars of other armies. Do you think Red Hussars is a better name for them?

The term hussar might indeed have originated from 15th century Hungary, but then it described a type of light cavalry that did not exist in other armies of that time. But, as you probably know, the hussars were adopted by many other armies such as the Prussian, French or British and they do not all acknowledge the Hungarian origin. Some British sources say for example that the word hussar is supposed to have come from the Italian corsaro as they used more or less the same tactics in the beginning. But this is a completely different issue.

[Victor]

The Rosiori were the regular cavalry untis of the Romanian army prior to 1890. The only other cavalry units were the calarasi, who were the territorial cavalry. There was no light/heavy cavalry.
Probably the closest equivalent in the western army would be the uhlans.
But I would stick to the Romanian term.