Prototype M1943 Shoulderboards - Page 4

DougD · 10-07-2006, 12:37 PM

ok, a few more....

This is another that is very similar to two others i posted; they seem to have made three of them; all silver insignia, all gold insignia, and a mix. This is the all gold version, and I can see why it was not chosen. From a distance the rank insignia just blends into the boards too much.

DD

DougD · 10-07-2006, 12:39 PM

This was pretty close to the final design; the star is not as well developed and the insignia is reversed.

DD

DougD · 10-07-2006, 12:42 PM

This one, other than the imbedded hammer and sickle, really feels Tsarist to me; the crossed cannons were later used for Marshal of Artillery.

DougD · 10-07-2006, 12:43 PM

These are just ugly, no way to hide it! They look like they crossed Marshal of the USSR and Lt.Colonel into a new rank; was this for a deputy Marshal of the USSR? Probably never know.

Hope someday to post more : )

DD

sovvisor · 10-07-2006, 12:49 PM

the last ones are hidious. The maker qualifies for #oncle Wanja was drunk that monday when the idea was born":laff

ekclete · 10-08-2006, 07:04 PM

Doug,

Thanks for sharing some of your collection. What a smokin' collection it is!! Thanks much for sharing all of them. Without this forum I can almost say for certain that I would have never have seen almost all of those you posted.
It is posts like this that make me enjoy my hobby even more; I just cant think of anyplace but here to see those boards.

Thanks to you for sharing them with us and thanks for running a great section of of this great forum. Without you, Art and the rest of the great moderators this certainly would not be the premier Soviet Collection Forum on the web. Thanks to you all. Clete

Nack · 10-08-2006, 07:10 PM

Yup--thanks for sharing these one-of-a-kind goodies. And I second the vote of thanks for the moderating work :)

DougD · 10-09-2006, 07:45 AM

Thanks guys! Being moderator is easy when this forum is filled with collectors who post good shots, ask interesting questions and really help each other out. I really have nothing to do! I am proud of the way it has developed; too many of the other forums get preachy and the 'experts' want to show off what they think they know rather than help.

As for the boards, I am hoping to get more, but think what I posted is it for awhile : (

DD

Esteban_cool · 10-09-2006, 07:09 PM

Doug,

How did you manage to obtain this wonderful boards? They are just amazing!

DougD · 10-10-2006, 08:29 AM

I had a really good source in Russia who had them; He has some uniforms too that were great that I sold to clients, but decided to keep almost all the boards ( I did sell 4 sets of prototype Generalissimus boards to a high end collector in Europe). DD

10-07-2006, 12:49 PM	#35
sovvisor Bearer of the Red Star Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Uppsala Swden Age: 49 Posts: 229	I agree the last ones are hidious. The maker qualifies for #oncle Wanja was drunk that monday when the idea was born":laff __________________ sovvisor

10-08-2006, 07:04 PM	#36
ekclete Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: West St Paul, MN USA Age: 60 Posts: 236	Doug, Thanks for sharing some of your collection. What a smokin' collection it is!! Thanks much for sharing all of them. Without this forum I can almost say for certain that I would have never have seen almost all of those you posted. It is posts like this that make me enjoy my hobby even more; I just cant think of anyplace but here to see those boards. Thanks to you for sharing them with us and thanks for running a great section of of this great forum. Without you, Art and the rest of the great moderators this certainly would not be the premier Soviet Collection Forum on the web. Thanks to you all. Clete __________________ Thanks, Clete

10-09-2006, 07:45 AM	#38
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 50 Posts: 2,060	boards Thanks guys! Being moderator is easy when this forum is filled with collectors who post good shots, ask interesting questions and really help each other out. I really have nothing to do! I am proud of the way it has developed; too many of the other forums get preachy and the 'experts' want to show off what they think they know rather than help. As for the boards, I am hoping to get more, but think what I posted is it for awhile : ( DD

10-09-2006, 07:09 PM	#39
Esteban_cool Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santiago, Chile Age: 36 Posts: 1,103	Doug, How did you manage to obtain this wonderful boards? They are just amazing! __________________ There's nothing in the streets Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Are now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again

10-10-2006, 08:29 AM	#40
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 50 Posts: 2,060	boards I had a really good source in Russia who had them; He has some uniforms too that were great that I sold to clients, but decided to keep almost all the boards ( I did sell 4 sets of prototype Generalissimus boards to a high end collector in Europe). DD

10-08-2006, 07:10 PM	#37
Nack Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: The Buckeye State Age: 46 Posts: 513	Yup--thanks for sharing these one-of-a-kind goodies. And I second the vote of thanks for the moderating work :)

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