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    Posted

    Hello Gentlemen,

    Im doing a research about Fieldmarshal?s Baton of period WW1 and WW2

    Im looking for informations and pics of Batons of FieldMarshals of these countrys :

    Italy

    Finnland

    Romania

    Japan

    Thx in advance

    Regards

    Alexandre

    Posted

    Alexandre,

    The rank of Field Marshal did not exist in Japan, it was an honorary appointment. It was bestoyed 32 times, 31 on Japanese and once to a foreigner (Lord Kitchener). There was no baton but the awardee received a badge and a sword. I do not have a photo of the sword but I have posted a photo of the badge in my collector's showcase within this forum.

    Best regards,

    Paul

    • 11 years later...
    Posted

    Carol I , for the Italian Marshall baton I suggest you to go to my post about it into Southern and Balkan States.  

    Posted (edited)
    22 hours ago, Carol I said:

    King Michael's marshal baton displayed at his funeral ...

    It is of the same design as that used by Kings Ferdinand and Carol II, as well as Marshals Averescu and Prezan.

    Ferdinand-and-George-V.jpg.238f6c6a61f6208f682ca3561e86ba6b.jpg

    averescu-primeste-bastonul-Fototeca-Muz-Mil-National.thumb.jpg.ec6e5d8e495e4f7ebfc1b9b4ae5f7f7a.jpg

    Prezan-Constantin.thumb.jpg.a51560ed4f6472a19e76b7bcd72a0249.jpg

    Averescu's baton is in a museum, but unfortunately in a rather poor state.

    Averescu-Bastonul-de-Maresal-Muzeu-400px.jpg.163f94fe0a6f016d66068dc2369154e4.jpg

    Averescu-Bastonul-de-Maresal-Muzeu-465px.jpg.f062f3133d68260c3cfd820574e04cf2.jpg

    Antonescu on the other hand seems to have used one or even two different designs. In the colour photo above, he seems to have a baton with somewhat bigger metal ends than Michael's, but of comparable thickness. However, in the photo below, he has a thicker baton, with a different design.

    field-marshals-ion-antonescu-and-wilhelm-keitel.thumb.jpg.36f3fb16600cd206f22657e62366807b.jpg

    Edited by Carol I
    Posted

    More interesting details are surfacing: Michael's baton is in fact Ferdinand's, his grandfather.

    Ferdinand-and-George-V.jpg

    KingMichael.jpg

    Ferdinand's baton was donated to the National Military Museum after his death in 1927. The administration of the Royal House requested the baton on the 8th of May 1941 for the promotion of Michael to marshal rank on the 10th of May 1941. Then, on the 19th of June 1941 confirmed that the baton will remain the property of the king and the baton was erased from the inventory of the National Military Museum.

    • 4 weeks later...
    Posted

    The two batons used by Antonescu appear to have differed from previous models.

    October 1941 (probably a temporary model)

    field-marshals-ion-antonescu-and-wilhelm-keitel.jpg

     

    March 1943

    AntonescuChisinau1943.jpg.2ed9323edd94d35ea56ed38cebf105c4.jpg

    • 5 years later...
    Posted

    There is a very expensive thick book with color photos that lists field marshals' batons. I will have to look up its title. 

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