M1943 Parade General of the Army

[DougD]

I am still waiting for the hat and breeches, but the tunic arrived so I thought I'd post it. Its a rare M1943 parade generals tunic, for a named General of the Army. The name and set will be in the Schiffer book next year, so I only get to hold on to it for a week or so : (

The M1943 parade uniforms were worn after the M1940 generals parade uniform and yet was replaced in 1945 by the M1945 Victory Parade generals uniform.

Like the officers M1943 parade uniforms, generals had cuff spools, rather than cuff leaf embroidery.

General of the Army, the last rank before becoming a Marshal of the USSR.

the cuff spools, later replaced by leaf embroidery on the M1945.

DougD