Rumanian Army Dog-Tag

[Dénes]

Is this a typical Rumanian Army soldier's dog-tag? Reportedly, the item was found near Stalingrad:

[mabadesc]

Very interesting, Denes, but I don't think it is a soldier's dog-tag since the identification number is quite short (small). This is just my guess, though...

Have you seen the reverse side of the tag? What does it show?

[RHaught]

Just go to Ebay and take a look. That is where it is posted and have the guy send more pics.

[Florin]

Denes,

My avatar in this forum is the typical Romanian dog-tag.
I have 3 from my grandfather, so I just made a photo to the best preserved and I sent the file to Dragos.
If my statement could be wrong for the whole Romanian army, at least this brown bakelite dog-tag was the dog-tag of the Romanian mountain units.

You, the soldier, were supposed to scratch on the back of the bakelite tag your number, maybe also the name and unit. This means the Germans and the Americans, who already had printed on the back of their tags their ID by punching printing machines, were better organized.

[Victor]

There were also oval shapes. On it was written the ID, the regiment and the contingent.

[Dénes]

Here is another Rumanian Army dog-tag, reportedly found nearby Stalingrad:

[dragos]

This dog-tag belongs to a military of the 91st Infantry Regiment Alba Iulia-Regele Ferdinand I, part of the 20th Infantry Division.

[Carol I]

Romanian Navy dog-tag

It belonged to Lt. mec. Constantin Dimancea who was aboard the destroyer Mărăşeşti in 1941.

[REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR]

I beleive that the round aluminum tags that have the name "Romania" on them were used as Regimental equipment identification tags. The Brown Bakelite tag was issued during the 1930's King Carol period. In the center of the cross is the King Carol cipher. Soldiers still wearing this tag after 1941 scraped off the cipher in the middle and de-identiified the Monarch. Different tags were issued after 1941. Aluminum crosses as well as German style dog tags were issued.

[REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR]

Examples of different identification tags.

Row 1 : #1 Bakelite plastic. Circa 1930's period. Worn into WW2. Soldiers
Unit, ID number, year of issue or recruitment and sometimes
name is scratched on the bake. Found with King Carol 2 Cipher
and King Michael Cipher (I think perhaps issued 1930 and not
WW2 period).
#2 Silver King Carol Coin. Private Issue ? WW1 period. Back of
coin sanded smooth and stamped "Colonel Tetrat T., Reg.38
Art."
#3 Brass Equipment Identification Tag WW1 period. "A.R.S. ARM.
MATERIAL DE ARTILERIE" Stamped number "65".

Row 2 : #1 Aluminum Dog Tag "COMP. 10, regim.74 inf."
#2 Aluminum Dog Tag "Escd 3, Rgt 4 Ros, 69"
#3 Aluminum Dog Tag "Escd 1, Rgt 4 Ros, 13"

Row 3 : #1 Aluminum Equipment Tag. "ROMANIA "Bat 1 - 4 Van.
#2 Aluminum Dog Tag "C8, Rgt 10 Art, 15507"
#3 Aluminum Dog Tag "Spit Milit, R.E. 37"

Row 4 : #1 Gray steel. German Style circa 1944. Bat. 106 V.M.,
Slt. Rez. Jonescu Joan

[Florin]

QUOTE

Row 1 : #1 Bakelite plastic. Circa 1930's period. Worn into WW2. Soldiers                      Unit, ID number, year of issue or recruitment and sometimes                  name is scratched on the bake. Found with King Carol 2 Cipher                  and King Michael Cipher (I think perhaps issued 1930 and not                  WW2 period).

This one (the uppermost left image of your collection) is better shown in my avatar, because for photo I put it in direct sunlight, with the light making an angle for increased contrast, to show details.

[Carol I]

Is this a dog-tag or an equipment tag?


(from eBay)

[dragos]

It is a dog-tag. The soldier is contingent 1934, and has the matriculation number 1690. I presume that CR comes from Centru Recrutare (recruitment centre), but I can't figure out the locality from TR MICA

[Victor]

Maybe its a region: Tarnava Mica, but I am not sure if that wasn't ceded to Hungary in 1940.

[Dénes]

Yet another Rumanian soldier's dog tag, found in Russia, currently offered for sale on eBay:

Possibly, there is a bullet hole in the centre of the tag...

Gen. Dénes

P.S. I am wondering what these grave diggers do with the human remains they find...

This post has been edited by Dénes on October 25, 2004 04:10 pm