The Military ranks of the Kingdom of Romania were the military insignia used by the Kingdom of Romania. Following the abolition of the monarchy, the ranks were replaced with those of the Socialist Republic of Romania.
Commissioned officer ranks[]
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
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| Mareșal | General de armată | General de corp de armată | General de divizie | General de brigadă | Colonel | Locotenent-colonel | Maior | Căpitan | Locotenent | Sublocotenent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Amiral | Viceamiral | Contraamiral | Contraamiral de flotilă | Comandor | Căpitan-comandor | Locotenent-comandor | Căpitan | Locotenent | Sublocotenent | Aspirant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| General-locotenent | General-maior | General de brigadă aeriană | Comandor | Căpitan-comandor | Maior | Căpitan | Locotenent | Sublocotenent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| General-colonel | General-locotenent | General-maior | General de brigadă aeriană | Comandor | Căpitan-comandor | Locotenent-comandor | Căpitan | Locotenent | Sublocotenent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other ranks[]
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
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| Plutonier adjutant | Plutonier-major | Plutonier | Sergent-major | Sergent | Caporal | Fruntaş | Soldat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See also[]
References[]
- Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Littlejohn 1994b, p. 95-96.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mollo 1981, p. 203.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mollo 1981, p. 206.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Littlejohn 1994b, p. 98-99.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rosignoli 1983, Plate 76.
- Bibliography
- Mollo, Andrew (1981). The Armed Forces of World War II: Uniforms, insignia, and organization. New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers. ISBN 0-517-54478-4. https://archive.org/details/armedforcesofwor0000moll/mode/2up. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- Littlejohn, David (1994b). Foreign Legions of the Third Reich. Volume 4 (2nd ed.). United States of America: R. James Publishing. ISBN 0-912138-36-X.
- Rosignoli, Guido (1983). Badges and insignia of World War II: Air Force, Naval, Marine. Blandford Colour Series. New York: Blandford Press Ltd.. ISBN 0-671-06008-2. https://archive.org/details/badgesinsigniaof0000rosi_n2n8/mode/2up.
External links[]
- "Romania 1881-1947 (Kingdom)". The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. http://www.uniforminsignia.org/index.php?option=com_insigniasearch&Itemid=53&search_id=main&state=231&search_id=top.
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