|
01-30-2004, 03:04 AM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Republic of Finland
Posts: 1,129
|
M1958 parade uniform
Any thoughts on this one? Are these being faked?
/Patrik |
Sponsored Links |
01-30-2004, 03:37 AM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Canada
Age: 56
Posts: 547
|
Patrik,
They are not being faked that I know of. Very few people even know what they are. After all, the tunic is really the same as the M1969 service one but with parade boards. The only really unique thing is the collar tabs with gold embroidered edging. Yours should have 1960s dated buttons, and nice thick fabric not the thinner 1980s stuff. The tabs look like they have the embroiddered edging. I have a set for a KGB officer. It has the hat with its hard to find two piece hat badge, the tunic with 1960s buttons, the parade boards, BUT the tabs are missing. I put regular tabs on but it is not the same without the gold embroidered edging. I have been trying to find gold embroidered edged royal blue tabs for 8 years now to complete it!!! Shawn |
01-30-2004, 05:12 PM | #3 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: La Porte, IN
Age: 74
Posts: 46
|
M1958
Hello All,
So would this be a M1958? Thanks, Tom |
01-31-2004, 04:49 AM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London, Home of West Ham United
Age: 54
Posts: 328
|
No...that looks like a M1969 uniform. The Jubilee medal ribbon (issued on 1978 is the give away here.
The colour on the M1958 uniform was also a darker shade of olive than the M1969 uniform and as Shawn says, it was made from thick heavy wool, not the thin stuff used on the M1969 uniform. Also, the shoulder boards are M1969 rather than the softer M1958 shoulder boards - also the rank stars are gilt aluminium rather than brass which was used on the older uniforms.
__________________
"We can truly say that the whole circuit of the earth is girdled with the graves of our dead... and, in the course of my pilgrimage, I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come, than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war." King George V, Flanders, 1922 |
02-03-2004, 09:22 AM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Canada
Age: 56
Posts: 547
|
Key also is that the collar tab edging appears to be aluminum and not embroidery a la M1958.
Shawn |
Bookmarks |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
M54 KGB Parade Uniform | Lapa | Sold Soviet Uniform Miscellanea Archive | 0 | 04-28-2006 11:40 AM |
m43 parade uniform | Al-muell | Army Uniforms And Insignia | 3 | 10-05-2005 11:25 AM |
NEW GENUINE MILITARY WATCH CAP BLACK 100% WOOL 2 PLY U.S.A MADE BEANIE
$11.95
ANTENNA CAP FOR PRC-25 OR PRC-77 RADIO
$10.00
Polartec Military Micro Fleece Cap Hat olive drab Fleece cap beanie army new
$15.99
NEW GENUINE MILITARY OD GREEN JEEP WATCH CAP 100% WOOL 2 PLY U.S.A MADE BEANIE
$11.95
US Navy Enlisted White Dixie Cup Cap Hat Type III USN Sailor Size 7-1/4 22-3/4
$17.99
Polartec Black Military Micro Fleece Cap Hat
$9.00
USAF Air Force Men Male Garrison Enlisted Flight Cap Size 7 1/2 New
$9.99
Vietnam Memorial Hat Black Ball Cap "IN MEMORY"
$16.99
7-1/8 VIETNAM ERA MILITARY US ARMY CLASS A SERVICE DRESS COVER GARRISON CAP AG44
$59.99
Ukrainian army cap olive khaki, tactical military cap.Support to Ukraine💛💙
$35.00