This year, in 2018, we celebrated the 100th national holiday of Romania, the Great Union Day also called Unification Day. The holiday was established after the Romanian Revolution from 1989, and marks the unification not only of Transylvania, but also of the provinces of Banat, Bessarabia and Bukovina with the…
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War Museums, Monuments and Battlefields in Romania
ROMANIAN MOUNTAIN TROOPS COLLECTION – BRASOV (RO)
Here are some pics from a private collection that I visited earlier this year in Brasov, at the local History Museum. The Retromil guys have lots of Mountain Division Militaria and it’s cool to see that they showcase them in expositions like this! Enjoy!
Metal detecting in Romania
Targu Frumos – Kalmu Peak Battle
“Finally, on 7 May, te panzer-fusiliers counterattacked on the left wing of the division’s sector with the assault guns and Panthers and supported by the armoured assault pioneers. Their objective was to take once and for all Hill 254, called “Kalmu”, witch was higher than any of the neighborings hills….
Metal detecting in Romania
Small Metal Detecting outing in the Targu Frumos Area – WW2
This spring I went again in the Targu Frumos area where, last year, I found the German mess tin with the nice bullet holes in it. Some Wehrmacht small relics were to be found again, like the backpack strap buclkes, but mostly, I found lots of Russian Army…
Metal detecting in Romania
JASSY AREA 1944 – PART 3 – LATE AUTUMN DIG
Last autumn, in December, went back metal detecting in the area where I found the Sherman Tank lid and had the luck to find some nice items, even though the area has been searched very heavily in the last years. In this outing I found another cool Wehrmacht personal items…
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Why you should never wear camouflage when metal detecting
Starting from this is why I don’t (ussualy) wear camo when metal detecting: Why wear camo if you don’t have anything to hide? Maybe in your country you must ask permission to enter somebody’s land and dig, or you go in a natural park or reservation. If you’re dressed for…
Metal detecting in Romania
Boteni Airfield (Titu, Dambovita)
On Boteni airfiled, also known as Titu, the Luftwaffe 3./JG 4 was stationed from August util November 1943, and from June to July was used by the Romanian VII Fighter Group. Rated for bombers, it had an unpaved runway, a medium curved roof hangar and a workshop, the cement foundation…
