Freiwillige Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 I'm starting a new interesting thread here dedicated to Romanian Orthodox priests. Portrait No.1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Fragment with awards. Your help with identification is much appreciated as well as any comments on this priest. Was it common for priests to receive such awards? 1. Ordinul “Coroana României” în grad de Cavaler (1881-1932).2.3. Medalia “Avântul Ţării”.4. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted December 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Unfortunately backside is of little help his offsprings have erased everything written in pencil there... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ionionescu Posted December 13, 2011 Report Share Posted December 13, 2011 Fragment with awards. Your help with identification is much appreciated as well as any comments on this priest. Was it common for priests to receive such awards?1. Ordinul “Coroana României” în grad de Cavaler (1881-1932).2.3. Medalia “Avântul Ţării”.4. Yes, it was pretty common for priests to have awards, but they didn't get the awards for free, they must have done something to earn their awards. 1. yes, it is the model for civilians (no swords, different ribbon), Decret Regal (Royal Decree) nr. 1245/ 10.V.1881.2. Medalia „Răsplata muncii pentru construcții școlare” Decret Regal (Royal Decree) nr. 2050/ 1.V.1923, three classes3. yes, Decret Regal (Royal Decree) nr. 6247/ 7.XI.1913, no classes.4. Medalia „Răsplata muncei pentru biserică”, Decret Regal (Royal Decree) nr. 293/ 13.I.1907, three classes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Thanks a lot, Mircea for identifying two awards! Could you please give me a link to read more about those decorations? This is my first portrait with those awards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Portrait No.2. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Fragment with awards. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted December 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Backside of the photo. Could you please provide full translation? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ionionescu Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Thanks a lot, Mircea for identifying two awards! Could you please give me a link to read more about those decorations? This is my first portrait with those awards. I have the info from a series of books (see images attached) I bought a few months ago, they cover the period 1860-2010. The books don't go in a great detail about the awards, just a photo, name and the year they were introduced. http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/365/lgim0011.th.jpg http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/9747/lgim0012c.th.jpg http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/7138/lgim0013h.th.jpg http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1341/lgim0014a.th.jpg http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/4170/lgim0015.th.jpg http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/2329/lgim0016b.th.jpghttp://img831.imageshack.us/img831/9373/lgim0017b.th.jpg http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/931/lgim0018f.th.jpg http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/3185/lgim0019.th.jpg http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3119/lgim0020e.th.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ionionescu Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Thanks a lot, Mircea for identifying two awards! Could you please give me a link to read more about those decorations? This is my first portrait with those awards. Some photos here: 2. Medalia „Răsplata muncii pentru construcții școlare” Decret Regal (Royal Decree) nr. 2050/ 1.V.1923, three classes.http://forum.transylvanian-numismatics.com/viewtopic.php?t=1712&sid=8e636072f051338c0a225a3f13d3a961 4. Medalia „Răsplata muncei pentru biserică”, Decret Regal (Royal Decree) nr. 293/ 13.I.1907, three classes.http://forum.transylvanian-numismatics.com/viewtopic.php?t=3910 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ionionescu Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 Backside of the photo. Could you please provide full translation? ????? O. Brânză/ Parohia Albești, jud. Botoșani/ 1880 iunie 6/ Mort în 1950* iunie 13, ora 11 noaptea.????? O. Brânză/ Albești parish, Botoșani county, 1880 June 6/ Died in 1950* June 13, 11 o'clock at night. * on the back it is written 1850 but I think it is 1950 (someone modified the 9 in an 8), it makes more sense, he was born in 1880 and died in 1950, also the photo is taken around late 20's begin 30's when he was around 45, 55 years old. Albești, jud. Boroșani on google maps - http://maps.google.ro/maps?hl=ro&cp=17&gs_id=3h&xhr=t&q=albe%C8%99ti++boto%C8%99ani&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1502&bih=655&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted December 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Many thanks as usual for the identification and translation, Mircea!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted December 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Photo No.3. Not as effective as previous portraits but it still shows orthodox priest with soldiers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted December 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Close-up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ionionescu Posted December 18, 2011 Report Share Posted December 18, 2011 Close-up. In this close-up, on the priest's sleeves we can see three stripes, as far as I know that stands for the rank of ”Căpitan” (captain). In my opinion the photo is taken during WW2 somewhere on the front. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted December 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2011 In this close-up, on the priest's sleeves we can see three stripes, as far as I know that stands for the rank of ”Căpitan” (captain). In my opinion the photo is taken during WW2 somewhere on the front. Thanks for comment, Mircea! Could you please explain how priest could have military rank? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ionionescu Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Thanks for comment, Mircea! Could you please explain how priest could have military rank?Every unit had a military priest integrated, there was a Military Priest Corps that recruited priests in the Army and dispatched them to the units.You can ”read” (with Google translate) here an article about the subject, if needed I can translate some parts for you: http://www.historia.ro/exclusiv_web/general/articol/preotii-militari-romani-cruciada-contra-bolsevismului? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted December 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 Thanks for an explanation and link! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted April 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 Odessa, August 1941. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted April 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 Close-up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ionionescu Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 Andrew, nice photo!, unfortunately I can't tell you much, the first person from left wears a M1934 officer's summer uniform, the military priest has the rank of Captain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Large-formatted cardboard photo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Freiwillige Posted November 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 Close-up with an Orthodox priest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ionionescu Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 The priest is probably a WW1 veteran because he wears the Medalia „Crucea comemorativă a Războiului 1916-1919” Decret Regal nr. 4690/ 6.XI.1919. with three battle clasps. The two officers wear the M1931 uniform with the M1930 cap. The soldiers are equipped with the French Lebel M.1886/15 rifle and bayonet, this rifles entered service in Romanian Army in 1917 and stayed in service with some 3rd line troops until 1941 - 42. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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