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251 - Seal of the “3rd Squadron of the Romanian Cavalry,” Wallachia, Organic Regulations period, circa 1830–1850, a collector’s item, brass, wood, This military seal matrix, attributed to the 3rd Cavalry Squadron of Wallachia, dates from the period of the Principality’s first major military reforms, in the first half of the 19th century. The piece features an oval brass seal with a turned wooden handle. The heraldic composition is dominated by Wallachia’s crowned eagle, wings outspread and a cross in its beak, depicted above crossed military insignia. The perimeter inscription, engraved in the cursive script of the period, identifies it as belonging to the 3rd Cavalry Squadron, one of the first cavalry subunits of the regular Wallachian army. The historical context of the piece is particularly important. Following the Treaty of Adrianople of 1829, which allowed the Romanian Principalities to organise their own military forces, a decision was made on 30 April 1830 to establish six infantry battalions and six cavalry squadrons in Wallachia, subsequently grouped into three mixed regiments. This was one of the defining milestones in the founding of the modern Romanian army, after a long period in which the Principalities had had no regular army of their own. Period documents make it possible to identify a subunit corresponding precisely to the designation on the seal. According to the Military Regulations for the Native Militia of the Principality of Wallachia, published in 1832, the 3rd Squadron belonged to the 2nd Regiment, headquartered in Ploiești, and was stationed at Focșani. Later, during the revolutionary events of 1848, military documents record a 3rd Squadron within the 2nd Cavalry Division, stationed at Călărași and commanded by Lieutenant Gheorghe Lenși. Designed to authenticate military documents and correspondence, the seal matrix is an object of historical, heraldic and sphragistic significance, associated with the modernisation of Wallachia’s institutions. Beyond its administrative function, it evokes a period in which a native military organisation was taking shape—one that would contribute to the formation of the national army’s structures after the Union of the Principalities in 1859, l=8 cm
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Seal of the “3rd Squadron of the Romanian Cavalry,” Wallachia, Organic Regulations period, circa 1830–1850, a collector’s item, brass, wood, This military seal matrix, attributed to the 3rd Cavalry Squadron of Wallachia, dates from the period of the Principality’s first major military reforms, in the first half of the 19th century. The piece features an oval brass seal with a turned wooden handle. The heraldic composition is dominated by Wallachia’s crowned eagle, wings outspread and a cross in its beak, depicted above crossed military insignia. The perimeter inscription, engraved in the cursive script of the period, identifies it as belonging to the 3rd Cavalry Squadron, one of the first cavalry subunits of the regular Wallachian army. The historical context of the piece is particularly important. Following the Treaty of Adrianople of 1829, which allowed the Romanian Principalities to organise their own military forces, a decision was made on 30 April 1830 to establish six infantry battalions and six cavalry squadrons in Wallachia, subsequently grouped into three mixed regiments. This was one of the defining milestones in the founding of the modern Romanian army, after a long period in which the Principalities had had no regular army of their own. Period documents make it possible to identify a subunit corresponding precisely to the designation on the seal. According to the Military Regulations for the Native Militia of the Principality of Wallachia, published in 1832, the 3rd Squadron belonged to the 2nd Regiment, headquartered in Ploiești, and was stationed at Focșani. Later, during the revolutionary events of 1848, military documents record a 3rd Squadron within the 2nd Cavalry Division, stationed at Călărași and commanded by Lieutenant Gheorghe Lenși. Designed to authenticate military documents and correspondence, the seal matrix is an object of historical, heraldic and sphragistic significance, associated with the modernisation of Wallachia’s institutions. Beyond its administrative function, it evokes a period in which a native military organisation was taking shape—one that would contribute to the formation of the national army’s structures after the Union of the Principalities in 1859, l=8 cm
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