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Hohenstaufen	Posted: July 10, 2003 11:06 pm
Soldat Group: Members Posts: 14 Member No.: 8 Joined: June 18, 2003	Did the romanian army have divisional insignas? thanks.

Victor	Posted: July 11, 2003 10:13 am
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4350 Member No.: 3 Joined: February 11, 2003	No, they did not. There were however special insignias for officers who served in a particular unit (regiment or mountain battalion) at least 7 years.

daveh	Posted: July 11, 2003 02:50 pm
Fruntas Group: Members Posts: 53 Member No.: 10 Joined: June 18, 2003	Do you have any idea why they did not? I ask partly because I know that British, US and German divisions did. What markings were use to identify equipment as belonging to a particular division? Were any markings used to distinguish regiments? Yet again thank you for all efforts Victor

Hohenstaufen	Posted: July 11, 2003 04:13 pm
Soldat Group: Members Posts: 14 Member No.: 8 Joined: June 18, 2003	Would you or anybody have photos/illustrations of these particular insignas? Thanks again.

Victor	Posted: July 12, 2003 06:21 am
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4350 Member No.: 3 Joined: February 11, 2003	I do not know why they did not have. To identify the trucks, cars etc, the circulation numbers were used. Some regiments had special markings on their cars, like a stork for the 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment (my grandfather's unit in 1941). Others had triangles, squares and circles of different colors. These were painted mainly on trucks and other equipment. I have two illustrations of these kind of badges: one for the 4th Infantry Regiment Ilfov and one for the 7th Mountain Battalion Ioan Buteanu

daveh

Posted: July 12, 2003 10:45 am

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Hi Victor

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Others had triangles, squares and circles of different colors.

do you know if such markings were a unit based ad hoc system or a formal army wide system?

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I have two illustrations of these kind of badges: one for the 4th Infantry Regiment Ilfov and one for the 7th Mountain Battalion Ioan Buteanu

Would it be possible to start a sticky to show any units with such badges? I would be very interested in such details.

I have seen pics of an R-2 with Gewrman style tactical numbers on its turret. How frequently were such numbers used?

mihai	Posted: August 12, 2003 02:01 am
Sublocotenent Group: Members Posts: 450 Member No.: 30 Joined: July 08, 2003	>all http://www.worldwar2.ro/foto/?id=49&area=2...e=2&language=en (From:this is greatest site as you know,"WouldWar2,ro") Is this isdivisional marking in the pictures? :?: there are some marking in R-1 tank . I think it's unit marking of this cavarly one. Finally,What this picture's source? I use this pictures in my article about Romanian Army. mihai

Geto-Dacul

Posted: August 12, 2003 02:19 am

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mihai wrote :

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Is this isdivisional marking in the pictures?

It is Sfantul-Gheorghe (Saint George), patron of the army... It is not a divisional insignia, after what I know.

I also saw this picture in Mark Axworthy's book "Third Axis Fourth Ally"...

Victor	Posted: August 12, 2003 05:49 am
Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4350 Member No.: 3 Joined: February 11, 2003	It's St. George - patron of the cavalry. It is not a divisional insignia.

mihai

Posted: August 12, 2003 08:40 am

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>Mr,Geto-Dacul&Mr,Victor

Thank you!

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It's St. George - patron of the cavalry. It is not a divisional insignia.

This is very interseted! :shock:

This marking of St george was often described in cavarly unit?

Who is the Armoured unit?

In Romanian army,Did you have clegy system of army chaplains & Field bishop in German or UK.
In the book "Armata Romana in al doilea razboi mondial "1995 Bucuresti,
Clergy man's picture is here.
mihai