I came across this one lately - It's artillery major-general coat. Looks exactly like standard summer coat at first glance, but after a loce examination it turns out to be ruberized cloth, the same as used in officers' rain capes. I could accept the fact, that generals had such stuff (altough I don't remember ever hearing of them), but few things make me suspicious:
1.that "net" at the top of the inside makes me think of very modern products - not something I would expect on soviet clothes.
2.It can be post-1991, but than I would expect it to have 6-sided boards, not 4-sided.
3.It could be very late soviet, but then shouldn't it have collar tabs as well?
4.The lack of the collar tabs could indicate a field use, but shoulderboards are definately everyday, not field, and also there's no space forthe shoulder strap under the board (tough that regulation was rarely followed from what I observed), which may indicate that the only use for this coat would be walking-out/outof formation everyday.
On the other hand - the boards seem to be professionally sewn to the coat.
Unfortunately, I don't have my 1988 reg book at hand and cannot access the the website where it's published.
Any thoughts?
1.that "net" at the top of the inside makes me think of very modern products - not something I would expect on soviet clothes.
2.It can be post-1991, but than I would expect it to have 6-sided boards, not 4-sided.
3.It could be very late soviet, but then shouldn't it have collar tabs as well?
4.The lack of the collar tabs could indicate a field use, but shoulderboards are definately everyday, not field, and also there's no space forthe shoulder strap under the board (tough that regulation was rarely followed from what I observed), which may indicate that the only use for this coat would be walking-out/outof formation everyday.
On the other hand - the boards seem to be professionally sewn to the coat.
Unfortunately, I don't have my 1988 reg book at hand and cannot access the the website where it's published.
Any thoughts?
