Late Soviet Military & Navy Patches

[centaur32]

Can anyone tell me when these Soviet patches came into use? Thanks.

[Tretov]

Are you sure they were ever in use? I get a bad feeling, the font used in CCCP is "modern" and the hammer and sickle on the first flag is very similar to h&s found on present day imitations, it looks wrong to say least (and the Soviet flag on the first patch does not have the correct 2:1 proportions, it is 2:3).

I have personally NEVER seen any of these in use, not in photos, not on any uniforms - but I haven't seen "all" uniforms either.

[russiamilitaria]

These patches are new-made patches for tourists. Also they are used sometimes by modern Russian dembels.

[centaur32]

Tretov & Alex,

Thanks for your comments guys. I thought that they may have been proposed as generic patches to replace all the other patches in service, perhaps in the later '80s.

All the best and Happy Collecting,

Jim