Romanian kitchen equipment

Teapot insignia.

This is in fact a type I Grand Cross star of the Order of the Crown of Romania. It has been in use from 1881 until 1932 when the insignia of the order were changed.

unfortunatelly for a better photos you must wait to half june. Actually i to stay out home. this is found in the battlefields in Poland. this canteen is rather made in IWW.

This is in fact a type I Grand Cross star of the Order of the Crown of Romania. It has been in use from 1881 until 1932 when the insignia of the order were changed.

Well, you're bound to know a lot more about decorations than I do, since I do not have the slightest interest in this subject, so I just took for granted whatever was written on the site where I found the picture ...

Carol, what do you think, can this decoration be from 1932?

Thank you for clearing out the confusion.

As far as I know the Romanian jewellers did not use regularly year markings on their pieces, so a precise dating is not possible. At most one could do some sort of period dating by the shape of the hallmarks on the piece, but the results extend over ten or more years. More precise results could be obtained when one knows the history of a piece, but I am afraid this is out of question for the star you have posted since the author did not even have the name of the order right.

mihnea - this is better photos aluminium canteen:
http://img67.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10014460hp.jpg
http://img67.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10014455ma.jpg

and second canteen- sign
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RUD. H. OPPLER
BUCURESC?

http://img67.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10014495ap.jpg

In my oppinion, the second canteen is romanian WW1. I have a simmilar one, only green and without any markings.
The shape and material (emaneled steel) fit the period, and so does the inscription. The only thing that bothers me is the colour, since I haven't seen a black romanian canteen of this type before. So maybe it's not ww1 but made in the 1920's...
Anyway, I'm no expert, so maybe we should ask some people who know this stuff better - Kepi, Mihnea, what do you reckon?

For the aluminum one I "prepared" you a picture. The big canteen is Yugoslavian the smaller one Romanian.



There was an enameled one theoretically used in WWII, this is the only picture of it (that I have seen), it also presents some of the kitchen equipment issued at the beginning of the war.



This post has been edited by mihnea on June 29, 2006 06:23 pm

This german plate was worn by a romanian soldger on the russian front.



This post has been edited by Claudiu1988 on July 09, 2006 05:34 pm

Nice plate, probably used by an officer.

But how do you know it was used by a Romanian soldier in WWII?

The plate comes from Codlea it was worn by a romanian soldger who fought with germans all the way to Crimeea. That is what the owner said.

this Yugo is past-war?

No the Yugo canteen is from WWII.