hat badge color

rakkasan · 11-02-2009, 07:57 AM

Hi everyone, I picked up a star / wreath enlisted hat badge at a militaria fair yesterday but I noticed it is practically silver, it's not gold like most. Did silver hat badges exist?

Thanks

DougD · 11-02-2009, 09:13 AM

Welcome to the forum! Can you post a photo of the cap badge?

rakkasan · 11-02-2009, 03:12 PM

Thanks Doug,
Here are the pics.....in the photo it does have a sort of goldish tinge to it though.

Commissar · 11-02-2009, 04:17 PM

I'm not sure how genuine this cap badge may be, I have not seen silver cap badges before, and the enamel also looks a bit strange to me, also the prongs are very thin.

Lapa · 11-02-2009, 04:22 PM

Rakkasan,

Your hat badge is definitely original. It was mass-produced, and sometimes the gilding stage was much less effective than at other times.

The very same thing commonly happens with the 25-Year of Victory badge, which can range in shade from deep, rich gold all the way to white.

Marc

Esteban_cool · 11-02-2009, 05:03 PM

I´ve seen silver colored cocardes for officers, but never for enlisted...
Was this for technical services maybe?

Lapa · 11-02-2009, 05:28 PM

Esteban,

I am fairly certain that it is a manufacturing defect of some sort.

Marc

DougD · 11-02-2009, 06:21 PM

It's a standard enlisted mans cap badge from the end of the Soviet era...good item to start collecting with!

11-02-2009, 07:57 AM	#1
rakkasan Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Italy Age: 57 Posts: 52	hat badge color Hi everyone, I picked up a star / wreath enlisted hat badge at a militaria fair yesterday but I noticed it is practically silver, it's not gold like most. Did silver hat badges exist? Thanks

11-02-2009, 09:13 AM	#2
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 50 Posts: 2,060	Re: hat badge color Welcome to the forum! Can you post a photo of the cap badge?

11-02-2009, 04:17 PM	#4
Commissar Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 424	Re: hat badge color I'm not sure how genuine this cap badge may be, I have not seen silver cap badges before, and the enamel also looks a bit strange to me, also the prongs are very thin.

11-02-2009, 04:22 PM	#5
Lapa Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St Petersburg, Russia Age: 63 Posts: 2,397	Re: hat badge color Rakkasan, Your hat badge is definitely original. It was mass-produced, and sometimes the gilding stage was much less effective than at other times. The very same thing commonly happens with the 25-Year of Victory badge, which can range in shade from deep, rich gold all the way to white. Marc

11-02-2009, 05:03 PM	#6
Esteban_cool Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santiago, Chile Age: 36 Posts: 1,103	Re: hat badge color I´ve seen silver colored cocardes for officers, but never for enlisted... Was this for technical services maybe? __________________ 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

11-02-2009, 05:28 PM	#7
Lapa Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St Petersburg, Russia Age: 63 Posts: 2,397	Re: hat badge color Esteban, I am fairly certain that it is a manufacturing defect of some sort. Marc

11-02-2009, 06:21 PM	#8
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 50 Posts: 2,060	Re: hat badge color It's a standard enlisted mans cap badge from the end of the Soviet era...good item to start collecting with!

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