Uniforms WW1 and WW2

[REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR]

5th Bomber Group - Captain.

These were the boys who saved what was left of the German and Romanian Army at Stalingrad. It was their continued bombardment effort and heroism that allowed the trapped soldiers encircled by the Russians at Stalingrad to escape and make it back into Romania. Awarded the Unit Citation for Michael the Brave.' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

[REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR]

5TH BOMBER GROUP - CAPTAIN

A CLOSER LOOK. I DO NOT HAVE THE PILOT BADGE ON THE UNIFORM AT THE TIME I PHOTOGRAPHED THE UNIFORM. IT IS WORN OVER THE LEFT POCKET. SOMETIMES ON THE POCKET ITSELF AND SOMETIMES OVER THE RIGHT POCKET. I DO NOT THINK THAT THERE WAS A STANDARD RULE OR MILITARY REGULATION FOR WHERE PILOTS WORE THEIR BADGE ON THE UNIFORM. PERHAPS SOMEONE OUT THERE CAN SHARE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING MILITARY REGULATION FOR WEARING BADGES.

[CCJ]

Very nice... Have you any Romanian uniforms to add to the ones already shown? That general's tunic is the best Romanian uniform item I have seen.

[C-2]

Yesterday night,i watched at the German chanell Pro 7 a reportage about a bazar who was about ww2 items.
There you could find everything;uniforms,helmets ,awards,maps,soldiers papers,evan a brand new,out of the box,mg-42.I cannot tell if it could fire ,but it looked great.Liked to have it in my house,and even risc a conflict with my wife for it...
Some of the buyers,came with Bantam jeeps,Kubelwagens,Schwimmwagens and even with armored cars.

[CCJ]

Does anyone have uniform items in their collection to share?

[CCJ]

It would be nice to see more color images of Air Force items. I haven't seen many Air Force tunics and very few visor caps.

[dragos03]

Here are some Romanian WW1 uniforms on display in the Royal Army Museum in Bruxelles:

[REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR]

Very nice photo. It is interesting that all four uniforms look to have been made from the same taylor shop. Same materials used, stiching, hemd and pocket cuts. I wonder if these had been made for this display. If you look at original photographs, WW1 uniforms are all different depending on the taylor, cloth, color, region, private purchase, etc. Same applies to WW2 uniforms. They vary in cut, stitch, cloth, color, etc.

This post has been edited by REGAL UNIFORMA COLECTOR on July 18, 2006 02:45 am

[Kepi]

The Musee Royal de l’Armee of Brussels has one of the greatest collections of uniforms and equipment in the world. Shortly after WW1 they purchased uniforms from all Allied and former enemies countries, so they amassed a great quantity of equipment (including some “exotic” uniforms from the British Empire, French Collonies, Baltic states, Japan , China, etc.).

Now these WW1 uniforms are on display in a special exhibition in which could be seen a great variety of items of equipment of that period. The presentation is made by countries and Romania has a separate showcase.

The Romanian uniforms and equipment were offered by the Romanian National Military Museum in early 1920s. The uniforms put on special designed mannequins (made in wood – some fingers are missing) represent the main branches of service: a private of the 9th Roshiori Regiment, a gunner of the 6th Artillery Regiment, a tunic of the 2nd Engineer Regiment, a private of the 20th Infantry Regiment and a sailor of the Romanian Navy.

The whole equipment is brand new and they have the chance to posses some unique items such as the M. 1891 mess tin (“gamela mare”), the M.1890 artillery dagger, the M. 1893 rifle strap, which don’t exist in our museum.

You may note that the uniforms are of M.1916 pattern (cut and cloth colour) available during the 1920s. The boots are un-dyed.

After WW1 the Allied countries used to open “Allied WW1 Exhibition Halls” in which were displayed uniforms, weapons, orders and medals, memorabilia of all the victorious nations. In the National Military Museum of Bucharest was also opened such a permanent exhibition with uniforms of France, Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, USA sent by the respective countries. These uniforms still exist in the Romanian military museum.