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Army (quite obviously) Officer's. Looking at the cockade I'd go with (late) 1990's. Also going on condition I seriously doubt this belonged to anyone stationed in Pyong Yang and most likely didn't have far to travel to get over the Chinese frontier. I also believe that it has only recently been "retired".
It's not a size 63 by any chance?
They started wearing them a long time ago -
http://soviet-awards.com/forum/soviet-bl...post165721.
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And what is the significance of the red vertical stripes? They don't appear on the picture in the link CtahhR posted.
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Don't they indicate an officer rank as well as the branch of service?
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Exactly that. The "cords" are for officers and red for infantry.
These are probably one of the most common DPRK items of uniform that you are going to find. There are probably hundreds of thousands of them out there "somewhere". Usually also only found in tiny (in comparison to European) sizes too (the lower end of the 50s).
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