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    Romania - My Military Postcard-Pictures Thread


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    Picture 12 :-

    Picture 13 :-

    Picture 14 :-

    Marked to the rear:-

    FOTO-ROIAE C. SILLADE Giurgiu.

    Picture 15 :-

    Ribbon Bar:-

    1. Romanian Order of the Crown of Romania / Order of the Star of Romania with swords on Military Virtue ribbon.

    2. Romanian Crusade against Communism ribbon with battle-bar.

    3. Romanian Centenary Medal ribbon for King Carol / Peles Castle Commemorative Medal.

    Card marked to the rear:-

    STUDIO-FOTO STEFAN BARUA.

    In hand writing:- Lt. Donovici Nicolae.

    By the way its NOT the same man in pictures 13 & 14.

    Identification made name will be added later on.

    Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

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    Picture 16 :-

    Donovici Nicolae.

    Marked to the rear :-

    Fotografai ????

    SALO BRULL CERNAUTI

    Picture 17 :-

    Donovici Nicolae.

    Photo marked to the rear:-

    FOTO-IOSEFOVICI GIURGIU.

    Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

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    Picture 18 :-

    Medal Bar:-

    1. Romanian King Ferdinand Commemorative Medal.

    2. Romanian Order of the Crown of Romania Peacetime / Civil type.

    3. Romanian Queen Elizabeth Medical Merit Cross.

    4. Romanian Cross of War for WW1.

    5. Romanian Inter-Allied Victory Medal.

    Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

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    The last pictures of THE DONOVICI FAMILY COLLECTION :-

    Picture 19 :-

    Donovici Nicolae.

    Unmarked to the rear.

    Picture 20 :-

    Medal bar:-

    1. Romanian Order of the Crown of Romania with swords on Military Virtue ribbon.

    2. Romanian Order of the Star of Romania on Military Virtue ribbon.

    The others I can only speculate:-

    3. ?

    4. Romanian Balkan Campaign Medal.

    5. ?

    6. ?

    Rear of the card.

    Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

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    Picture 18

    Two Romanian medals fit this shape

    The Military Merit / Credible Service Medal (Civil/Peacetime version)

    and the Romanian King Carol Centenary Medal.

    I would be inclined to think its the later.

    Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

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    Picture 19

    Close-up of ribbon bar:-

    1.Romanian Order of the Star - Order of the Crown on Military

    Virtue Ribbon (Or Cross of Military Virtue)

    2. Romanian Cross of War for WW1

    (strangely if so, I would have expected to see more medal ribbons being worn.)

    Nothing on the rear of the card.

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    Picture 20

    I was lucky enough to acquire this picture

    on Saturday (19. 01. 2011) while in Brasov.

    While a Romanian, at least 2 A-H awards are being worn.

    Medal Bar (at least 10, possibly 12 awards):-

    1. Romanian Order of the Crown of Romania, Civil / Peacetime model.

    2. Romanian Credible Service Medal, Civil Model.

    3. Romanian 1877 War of Independence Victory Medal.

    4. Unknown at this point in time.

    5. Unknown at this point in time.

    6. Imperial Austrian Hungarian Merit Cross without Crown

    7. Unknown at this point in time.

    8. Unknown at this point in time.

    9. Unknown at this point in time.

    10.Unknown at this point in time.

    Medals under the bar:-

    1. Imperial Austrian Hungarian Merit Cross with Crown.

    2. Romanian 1906 Jubilee of King Carol I Medal.

    3. Romanian Centenary Medal for King Carol I.

    He also appears to be sporting a small token/medal in his top button-hole.

    Kevin in Deva. :beer:

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    Picture 21

    A Group of Boy Scout Officers, many sporting military ribbons

    as some possibly saw service in World War 1 as teenagers.

    Close-up showing awards and the belt buckle specific to the Scouts.

    Under magnification the medal worn by the gentleman with the mustache

    on the left of the picture is a Romanian Medical Merit award.

    Also of particular interest is the lady wearing a white beret,

    she is an officer of the Sentinels organisation.

    The style of the male uniforms puts me in mind of the "Baden Powell"

    look which is very familiar to anybody connected with scouting.

    The rear as a penned notation:- "21 May 1936 Bucharest."

    Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

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    Picture 22

    A Dapper Gent sporting the Romanian Order of the Crown of Romania, Civil Model.

    And in Picture 23 same Gent.

    his awards upgraded to:-

    1. Romanian Order of the Star of Romania with swords.

    2. Romanian Order of the Crown of Romania (even though on a Civil ribbon it clearly has swords.

    3. Romanian Service Cross for 18 - 25 years in the Civil Service.

    4. Romanian 100 Centenary of King Carol I Medal.

    Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

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    Picture 24

    A young Romanian Military WW1 veteran on his wedding day.

    1. Romanian Cross of War for WW1 with 3 battle bars.

    2. Romanian Inter-Allied Victory Medal for WW1.

    This stripe indicates having been wounded in action

    as opposed to a service stripe as far as I can find out.

    The sword with knot tucked away and nearly out of sight.

    Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

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    :jumping: Picture 26 :jumping:

    Picture 27

    Picture 28

    Not identified on the pictures, but verbally identified as Captain Nicolescu Constantin,

    who ended up a Lieutenant-General in the Romanian Military

    (1887 – 1972)

    Short Bio:-

    1941 - 1943

    General Officer Commanding Capital Military Command

    1943 - 1944

    General Officer Commanding 4th Army

    1943 - 1944

    General Officer Commanding V Corps

    1944

    In the Reserve

    1944 - 1947

    Head Royal Military Household

    1948

    Retired

    1948

    Arrested

    1948

    Condemned to 7 years imprisonment

    Released in 1955

    I was extremely lucky in recently acquiring General Nicolescu Constantin Officers sword for a friend in Deva, the seller later gave me the pictures and a compass that belonged to him as well. :jumping:

    Kevin in Deva :beer:

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    Picture 29:-

    Bandsman 87th Regiment judging by the cloth numbers on the cap and the eppulette insignia.

    Lyre Insignia.

    Dated to 1931

    Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

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    Picture 30:-

    While not in military uniform his medal array is very interesting:-

    Close-up, left to right:

    1. Romanian Medical Sanitary Cross,

    2. Austrian Merit Cross.

    3. Austrian but what?

    Rear of card Brasov 2 May 1925

    Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

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