Three Great Naval Uniforms- Same Source

[PaulR]

I just received these three Naval uniforms from a fellow Coast Guard member who just retired. He said that I would get more enjoyment from them than he, so the items just arrived in the mail. I am still in shock.

He traded these items when he was on a joint operation with the Soviet Navy in 1987.

The first item is a Soviet Naval Officer jacket. The hat did not come with it and is for a senior officer. There are two holes punched in the jacket. I believe that they are both for academy badges, although I did not think that they went to more than one. Strange. The badge on there was added by me to fill one of the holes.