MR's Bălănescu is older and appears to be wearing an older style uniform. Could it be that there has been a confusion of the two photographs in the publishing office of Marina Română?
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| Posted by: REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR September 15, 2005 03:29 am |
| Shoulder boards of Vice - Admiral Ioan Balanescu. Commander of the Royal Romanian Navy 1934-1937 Vice-President of the Naval League 1932 http://img368.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vaioanbalanescu0yh.jpg |
| Posted by: REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR September 15, 2005 03:32 am |
| http://img187.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vacloseup3bo.jpg |
| Posted by: REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR September 15, 2005 03:36 am |
| http://img187.imageshack.us/my.php?image=viceadmiralcarol2close5pg.jpg |
| Posted by: Carol I September 15, 2005 03:30 pm |
| Interestingly, http://www.fortele-navale.ro/media/rmr/rmr107.pdf says that your officer is Vice-Admiral Constantin Bălescu (1918-1920). For Vice-Admiral Ioan Bălănescu it gives the photo below. MR's Bălănescu is older and appears to be wearing an older style uniform. Could it be that there has been a confusion of the two photographs in the publishing office of Marina Română? |
| Posted by: REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR September 16, 2005 02:31 am |
| Yes. The photographs are in reverse. The shoulder boards are identical to a WW1 period insignia. They were worn through the mid to late 1930's and is distinguished by the bullion wire rope border. The cypher insignia of King Carol II is the new version introduced in 1934. I beleive the rope border was abolished in the late 1930's prior to WW2. I do not know who was the Commander of the Royal navy between 1937-1940. Chanches are that he wore the identical shoulder boards with cypher but lacked the bullion wire rope border. |
| Posted by: Carol I September 16, 2005 06:47 am | ||
Admiral Petre Bărbuneanu (02.11.1937-06.09.1940 and 27.03.1945-10.12.1946)  Source: http://www.fortele-navale.ro/media/rmr/rmr107.pdf |
| Posted by: crolick August 26, 2010 11:03 am |
| I'm looking for as much descriptive biography of adm. Bălănescu as possible (might be in Romanian - no problem with that). I'm also looking for a good photo which can be used in an article - any idea where I can find such one? All the best, Andrzej |