Battle of the Jiu Bridge

EDIT, 23.11.14: added a few more historical facts about the battle, and you can now see some pictures from the reenactment: www.facebook.com/media/set/?se…

A poster for an upcoming reenactment event commemorating the WW1 "Battle of the Jiu Bridge", which took place in the small Romanian town of Tg. Jiu on October the 14th, 1916, when 2 companies belonging to General Falkenheyn's Alpen Korps, asupported by four machine guns, tried to force the crossing of the Jiu river to capture a strategic telephone exchange located in the city and were repulsed after several hours of fierce fighting by a force comprised of hastily armed (most with single-shot Martini-Henry Md.1879 black powder breech loaders) civilians from the town interspersed with about 40 soldiers from the 59th Infantry Regiment, about 50 policemen, and 5-6 Scouts.

The battle started at 11:30 local time and ended around 5PM with the arrival of Romanian reinforcements in the shape of a 53mm light artillery battery and another infantry company which then counter-attacked across the bridge and managed to drive the Germans off, capturing 18 prisoners in the process.

For the Image I drew inspiration from both period propaganda posters as well as interwar travel posters as well as trying to keep it as factual to the real even as I could. 
The bridge itself is referenced from a period postcard and the pointing soldier is dressed in the typical early war grey-green Romanian uniform with cloth cap. Since, prewar, the uniform dyes were imported from Austria Hungary which was now an enemy, the uniform colour of the Romanian army would be later changed, first to a neutral grey and then to the French "Bleu Horizont", as shipments of French uniform fabric were brought in to replace production from the factories now located in Central Power occupied territory. At the same time, the Romanian army was equipped with French "Adrian" helmets.

The soldier also wears the early war knapsack, which had a rigid, wooden frame and is equipped with the Romanian Mannlicher Md.1893 in 6.5X52mmR, an Austrian made weapon also used by the Dutch Army until 1945 and very similar in both cartridge and base functionality to the mainstay of the Italian Army during WW1, the 6.5X52mm Mannlicher-Carcano M.1891. Interestingly, although both were produced by Steyr, this weapon had no relation to the 8mm M.95 Mannlicher straight-pull rifle which equipped the Austro-Hungarian army (and of which Romania would later capture large quantities), but was instead patterned after the German "Gewehr 88" and was thus fitted with a rotating bolt.

The main bulk of the defenders is made up of civilians of both sexes, policemen (in the model 1910 maroon uniforms) as well as Scouts. The Scout movement started in Romania in 1913, and Scouts took active part in WW1.
The second Scout from the right is meant to represent Ecaterina Teodoroiu, a national heroine of Romania who later joined the Romanian Army, was promoted to Second Lieutenant and was awarded the "Military Virtue Medal" 1st Class for bravery, before her life was tragically cut short by a German machinegun while she was leading her 25 man platoon in a counter-attack at the Battle of Marasesti, on September 3, 1917.

The border is based around traditional Romanian embroidery and the Sculptural Ensemble of Constantin Brancusi at Targu Jiu, one of the greatest works of 20th century outdoor sculpture, which was also dedicated to the fallen of WW1 and is also located at the site of the battle.