Bayern

Servitore ! The Romanian Army is usually bad known or treated with contempt .by historians inclusive . Romanian Cavalry and Vanatori de Munte fought very well in WW2 .the Romanian Artillery of WW2 was good but insuficient . The Romanian Armed Forces were in 1939 at the beginning of a period of modernization , not fully eficient due to the bad politicians . 

Hello , Existed the Crucea nationala Serviciul Credincios and the Medalia natinala Serviciul Credincios .the cross was higher than the medal .both were awarded to military or civilian personnel in peace time or war time . The were the highest award for people without higher school education . For the better educated existed the Order . Ordinul National Serviciul Credincios , with a fixed number of members among Romanian citizens civilian and military. the Order was awarded in five degrees Grand Cross ,great officer ; commander ,officer and cavalier. the order was for strangers also and out of the number fixed for Romanians. Cross and medal were also extensibles to foreigners whitin the same education frames

Hello Morar Andrei . Your request is not easy to answer . The Romanian Army was able to fight well when it have good High Commands . for example during the Russian Turkish war of 1877. during the second Balkan War the Romanian Army althoug not much involved in battle contributed much to win the war .During the ww1 the Romanian Army first fought well but later was defeated by a combination of political motives linked to Russia . During the war with Hungary of 1919 the Romanians beated easily the Hungarian Red Army .in the Second world war the Romanians fought well at the side or at the front of the Germans and HUngarians . In Stalingrad It was not the total responsability of the Third and Fourth Romanian Armies . both fight well with their scarse resources . the Soviets chose well the target. the two Armies were overextended ,underpowered and undermanned.

Hello March hare, Please a better scanning of the documents . 

Hello , Only in the battle of Tannenberg the Russians lost 92000 prisoners .

The Prussian : Great information ! 

Nice Group !

Yes , gold was for officers

Hello : von Erstorff was Flugeladjutant to Wilhelm II . He was send to manage the highly delicate situation of the Greek Army Corps that during the Bugarian advance against Serbia left behind the front . Colonel Karakallos was the Army Corps commander .he and the whole Corps were transported to Gorlitz and later to Greece

Many years ago I saw something similar . It was inscripted Au Merite . It was a scholar award of a Catholic School

School owned by a Religious Order Of French origins

16 hours ago, Alex K said:

Attached a revised colourisation, hope it's more accurate, I may need to brush up on my Feldjager uniforms!

Hello ,Nice work

On 07/02/2009 at 06:40, Robert Noss said:

This is a photo from a workmate of mine.

He is doing some research on his ancestors and asked me to find out

something about the man on the photo.

 

He is Austro-Hungarian, right ??

 

What about the collar insignia ?

 

 

Sorry for the bad quality, but he only had a reprint of the original photo for me to scan.

 

All infos are most welcome.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Robert

Hello ,the man portrayed is a machine gunner but his rank is feldwebel ,three stars and lace 

59 minutes ago, Alex K said:

Here you go

Alex K

Alex K :  All well done but ,the colour of the collar and cuffs must be green . the trousers double strpes also green .the stripes on the sash must be black.

2 hours ago, ccj said:

I think it’s a colonel of Jaeger Regt 12

Hello The Prince wears the uniform of Feldjaeger Bataillon 12 with the rank of Colonel.Feldjaeger certainly means literally Field Hunter but more adecuate would be to say Rifles Bataillon. The Bohemian Feldjaeger Bataillon N 12 was stationed in Innsbruck in 1914. was formed with 67 per cent of Czechs 32 per cent of Germans and 1 per cent of others. commander was the Lieutenant Colonel Dante Bontadi . in 1914

Hello, That means Superior Hell

Servitore!

hello von Thronstal . My pleasure. the centre of the badge was enamelled in red for active men and in blue for those in school

The Regia Marina badge for submarinists was different. It consisted in the figure of a dolphin into a circle surmoouted with the royal crown.

The badge is Spanish ,from before 1931. it lacks of the stone on thecentral circle. I said 1931because of the royal crown eliminated after 1931 . the nationalists forces during the Civil War restaurated the crown but not the royal . they used a open marquisal crown and this lasted until 1975 .

On 03/09/2018 at 09:54, Sajkaca said:

What do you think?

that are

the 115th was a Hessian regiment ? 1920,certainly the French exercised a great revenge against Germany

OK .

certainly the badge on the left collar patch looks as  the one of the Teno but the uniform looks rather archaic

Hello ,not Teno . or so i think

On 06/09/2018 at 12:13, Uffz. Rohleder said:

111 and 72

1917 and the soldiers with  the Mg  ,although they weared bluse, looks as in 1914

On 03/09/2018 at 08:09, GreyC said:

Well spotted, Bayern.

Ulanen (in German).

GreyC

Grey C . Dont forget that the Bavarian Cavalry comprised two Heavy Regiments ,two of Ulanen and eight of Chevaulegers , uhlans and chevaulegers weared similar uniforms of lancer type. diferenciated by the helmet and the shape of the cuffs. 

On 03/09/2018 at 08:09, GreyC said:

Well spotted, Bayern.

Ulanen (in German).

GreyC