Rumanian Infantry ID

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udondave
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Rumanian Infantry ID

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Post by udondave » 10 Mar 2015, 08:02

Hello,

Can someone please confirm if these troops are Rumanian. Any info regarding the wagon also appreciated.

Photograph taken in Ukraine 1941/42.

Many thanks, Dave
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vladalex
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Re: Rumanian Infantry ID

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Post by vladalex » 11 Mar 2015, 14:33

It looks to be Hungarians ...


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Re: Rumanian Infantry ID

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Post by udondave » 11 Mar 2015, 22:44

Thanks viadalex,

Can anyone ID the tunic with the straight pocket and the two different types of field cap.

Thanks, David

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Re: Rumanian Infantry ID

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Post by GregSingh » 15 Mar 2015, 07:18

Something is not right here. Hungarians were never in Crimea...
Do we have a better quality photo? Hungarian caps had two buttons placed vertically, I can't see them on original photo.
Here are Hungarian POWs in 1942/43, in poor state, but cap buttons still in place.

There used to be a third large button (cockade) with Hungarian national colors on the front top of the caps, but not all units had them.
These POWs seem to have this button ripped off.
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Hungarian POWs 1942
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Re: Rumanian Infantry ID

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Post by udondave » 15 Mar 2015, 07:54

Hi Greg,

Here is the second photo in the series.

I'm confused as I can find no evidence that Hungarians were ever in Crimea, yet these two photos are sandwiched between photos of Kerch and Simferopol in Crimea.

Cheers, Dave (also in Melbourne)
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