Stalin's white uniform - Page 2

vikingraider1 · 04-02-2003, 01:17 PM

Is it me or are the medal ribbons reversed on that uniform or is it the negative of the photo has been reversed?

DougD · 04-02-2003, 01:38 PM

not really reversed....the photo is ok.

i also collected original photos of generals from 1940-1945 when i collected uniforms. I would sometimes find photos of generals wearing the medals with the ribbons reversed like this. i was not sure why, until i was talking with russians in moscow. their opinion, which i agree with, was that the reverse ribboning was the style of the europeans ( and, the germans whom they could not admit they admired) wore. so, I decided to have one of my generals VPs medaled like this.

DougD · 04-02-2003, 03:00 PM

Here is the white version of the M1954 generals uniform. Notice it has blue trousers; deep blue like M1943, not parade Tsars blue.

I have not seen another of these in a long time; wish they kept using them.

DD

04-02-2003, 01:38 PM	#12
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 51 Posts: 2,060	the medals.. not really reversed....the photo is ok. i also collected original photos of generals from 1940-1945 when i collected uniforms. I would sometimes find photos of generals wearing the medals with the ribbons reversed like this. i was not sure why, until i was talking with russians in moscow. their opinion, which i agree with, was that the reverse ribboning was the style of the europeans ( and, the germans whom they could not admit they admired) wore. so, I decided to have one of my generals VPs medaled like this.

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04-02-2003, 01:17 PM	#11
vikingraider1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: London, Home of West Ham United Age: 54 Posts: 328	Is it me or are the medal ribbons reversed on that uniform or is it the negative of the photo has been reversed?

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