Portraits of Romanian Soldiers

Victor,

What information would you need to have from him? I have a letter somewhere that he wrote and will look for it but think he describes the situation in a general format until wounded at Rostov-on-Don.

Anything he wishes to share about his experiences.

One can see here how is looking a romanian soldier who survived russian and western front
Also, some ww2 images with romanian troops, which are at least for me, seen for the first time.
Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOP5WYooYgQ

My grandfather (down in this picture)

Regimentul 2 - Transmisiuni - IASI
This picture, was made in comuna Varbilau, jud. Prahova, in 1939.

Thanks Yu for sharing your photo. Can you tell us something about your Grandfather during the war ? Did he survive the war ?

This is my grandfather and his platoon before the war!The white shirts under uniform its part of the equipment?

If I’m not mistaking, this is one of the few photos where the people wear the baggy trousers of the model 1939 uniform. Were they still in use in 1940/1941?

dacliber, thanks for the picture. The gun appears to be a 76.2 mm Schneider-Putilov M1902/1904 or M1910.

Hi Dragos ! Here is another one!It's from ww1 with my grand grand father and his platoon! He is the one in the middle with some kind of revolver

Until WW2 romanian soldiers wore white shirts. If the tunic collar was larger, the white shirt collar became visible.

The NCOs uniforms (with open collar tunics and small crown hats) indicate that the photo was made between 1934-1940. Unlike the officers, NCOs didn’t carry diagonal straps on their Sam Browne belts and had silk instead of gold wire cap badges.

The cap badge symbol is not visible but the light colour collar patches indicate an artillery platoon of an infantry or frontier troops regiment. Soldiers are equipped with Romanian M. 1893 Mannlicher rifles, still in use in some units before 1940.

Dacliber, thanks for sharing this photo's!
I like particulary the photo from ww1 period!
Keep them coming if you have more

There is one for you "sublocotenent".Can you tell me something more about their equipment.My greatgrandfather(in the left) hold in in this hand some kind a whip.

Appears that the men in this picture have French equipment, (helmets & Machine guns).

A Friend of mine located this today in Deva, at the Gypsy market.



Detail of the Designer name:-



Kevin in Deva.

For sure Kepi can tell us everything about their uniforms.
I can say only that the guy behind your greatgrandfather has a austro-hungarian uniform.
Can you tell the unit of your greatgrandfather? Was he in some transylvanian volunteer regiment which joined romanian army? Or at least can you point from where your greatgrandfather is?

Here is may grand grandfather. He was from Codlea and fought on the Eastern front. He was decorated with the Military Virtue Cross and Manhood and Loyalty Medal second class. He is the one in the middle.




This post has been edited by Claudiu1988 on May 25, 2008 12:46 pm