What kind of pants ? 1941 Russian ? Romanian ?

[zbv500]

Hi all,

what kind of pants do I have here and what does the text say ?

Thanks, Jens

[zbv500]

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[zbv500]

Iam bumping this to look for help on these pants or at least what the text says ?

Jens

[Viktor]

They look to be a pair of underwear draws.

[saar]

Iam bumping this to look for help on these pants or at least what the text says ?

Jens

The language is Slavic but not Russian. Romanian is not a Slavic language. The top line is a name and it reads Ganovic Mustafa.

[michelwijnand]

I think the name makes this something out of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
I think the language/script is Serbo-Croation, which did have the regular J, which most other languages with Cyrilic type script didn't have.

And are you sure it doesn't read Tanovic?

[saar]

I think the name makes this something out of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
I think the language/script is Serbo-Croation, which did have the regular J, which most other languages with Cyrilic type script didn't have.

And are you sure it doesn't read Tanovic?

I'm pretty sure it is letter G. Letter T is like the small letter t in the word Mustafa only bigger.
Look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Cyrillic_alphabet

[zbv500]

Great info guys seems more complicated then I thought.

Thank you so far,

Jens

[saar]

I think the name makes this something out of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
I think the language/script is Serbo-Croation, which did have the regular J, which most other languages with Cyrilic type script didn't have.

And are you sure it doesn't read Tanovic?

I asked a coworker who is originally from the former Yugoslavia to tell me what is written on the pants. He says:

Tanovich Mustafa tailor's friend.

So, I was wrong about the letter G. It is T indeed. Another thing he told me that the language is Bosnian.

[zbv500]

Many many thanks for the effort

Jens