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Are you sure these are Rumanians?
The model on their shirts is not typically Rumanian.

Gen. Dénes

This picture is made in Brasov. And those are Juni Brasoveni, in fact Juni Tineri!
http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junii_Bra%C8%99oveni

This post has been edited by horia on October 27, 2010 06:57 pm

Thanks Horia.

Some photos posted on the net. They still celebrate today. However, I like the hats worn in the 1946 photo as they are original WW1 cavalry hats.

I received the Press Photo today. This is what it said on the back of it.

Dated Oct 6, 1946
Colorful Congress of Romanian Youth

BRASOV - The recent "First Romanian Democratic Youth Congress", convened to create the "All Romanian Youth Federation" embracing all the democratic youth organizations in politics, sports, and among professional groups, was brightened by the colorful costumes and displays of the participants. Although this town of 200,000, situated in Transylvania, has a fair sprinkling of Germans, Hungarians and Romanians, no trouble developed. Shown here are members of the "Young Horsemen" tribe, founded in 1134, who attended the congress dressed in costume worn only for ceremonial occasions. Some of the costumes are 30 to 80 years old, handed down to the wearers by their ancestors.

Hi,

Could someone confirm if this uniform (see pic attached) fits the ww2 period?

Thank you!



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I found the photo attached below at this link, the civilian from right seems to be Romanian, are the two solders from center left also Romanian?
Thanks. Regards!

Yes they are 100% Romanian soldiers they wear Romanian md 1939 greatcoats and Romanian capelas with the tips pushed inward. Also the one on the left is wearing Y straps and the decolonization of the leather is clear also if we look close the "romb" shape of the sewing that joins the three straps is clearly visible. The brad bag is of an old type the strap seems to be a simple string. Also they have two different rifles the one on the left is equipped with a Austrian Mannlicher M95 and it's short bayonet. The one on the right is equipped with a French Berthier 1915 notice the long and thin bayonet. Amusingly the two rifles shoot totally different cartridges but they share the same main dimensions 8x50R, but it's impossible to mix them up they are very different cartridges. Another detail to observe is the backpack the soldier on the wright is holding, unfortunately the photo isn't very clear.

Superb photo, what's the text about?

Thanks Mihnea!
I was a little bit puzzled about the rifles, thanks for the identification.
The text is about the railway on the eastern front and its importance for the Wehrmacht, troop transport, supplies, problems they encountered, solutions etc.
Regards!

I have another question, why Romanian uniforms color is sometimes brownish and sometimes greenish (see image attached)? Photo from here.
Thanks!

URSS, Ivanovka - 23 September 1941

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This post has been edited by ionionescu on May 18, 2011 05:18 pm

I think it has more to do with the color quality of the film being used during that period.

Kevin in Deva.

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Thanks New Connaught Ranger and Cantacuzino you seem to be right, there are at least two well known color photos showing greenish uniforms, I hope Mihnea or Mr. Kepi can confirm that there were no greenish Romanian uniforms in WW2.
I have more questions about uniforms, person identification etc., I hope that Admin will let me post them here (I don't like starting new topics, there are so many and, for example, if I want to search anything I must open every one of them).
Regards!

There were some greenish uniforms used by Romanian army in WWII. There were many shades of khaki used by the Romanian army some were greener some were browner. And then the problem goes to the quality of the picture in WWII color photography was rather new and we are comparing scans of old photos there are too many variables to consider either shade correct. But fortunately the best way to recognize soldiers in photos is based on the cut of there uniform and not by the color of the uniform.

Here is another color photo from WWII, the colors are very pore.

http://honoretpatria.wordpress.com/categor...ura-paun-marcu/

When I say that the romanian uniforms from were greener I mean a little bit greener but not as green as RSR uniforms.

There are also recolored black and white photos that are not authentic color photos.