M69 uniform shirts

[Nack]

In attempting to attach some boards to a shirt, I realized that I'm not sure what kind of button was used.

I assume that is is a small gold one, but is it a specialized button just for that purpose, or is it the same kind as the cuff buttons on a late-cold-war EM field jacket?

Any help is appreciated.

[vikingraider1]

The buttons used were the same as those worn on the cap to secure the chinstrap.

[Nack]

Thanks a lot.

[willie777]

OK, I have a question (they never end, huh?) regarding naval shirts. For parade, and all occaisions with the white tunic, I always thought white shirts were worn. But it seems that our friend Patrick is selling a cream shirt worn with black service uniform with his white naval parade uniform. Is this correct? If it is, Are the color differences between the cream of the shirt and the white of the tunic so subtle in actulaity, yet so overly exagerated in the regulations?

[Slobo]

The buttons used were the same as those worn on the cap to secure the chinstrap.

Just picked up this thread when digging. Interestingly enough, shoulder board buttons on M43 tunics (and perhaps later M55 etc.???) often seem to have differed from the period cap chinstrap buttons according to much pictorial evidence I've reviewed.

Sometimes shoulderboard buttons on M43s did not have the raised rim that the similarly sized cap (e.g., M35) buttons, or the larger tunic buttons, did. In these cases, they had smooth rounded edges. I'm not sure how prevalent these types of un-rimmed buttons were (and whether they also found their way onto caps) vs. the rimmed variety but they do seem to be an acceptable period variation.

This seems to be the case anyway with Red Army and NKVD uniforms of the period, though I haven't started looking at Navy but would presume the same general case applied.

[Tretov]

OK, I have a question (they never end, huh?) regarding naval shirts. For parade, and all occaisions with the white tunic, I always thought white shirts were worn. But it seems that our friend Patrick is selling a cream shirt worn with black service uniform with his white naval parade uniform. Is this correct? If it is, Are the color differences between the cream of the shirt and the white of the tunic so subtle in actulaity, yet so overly exagerated in the regulations?

Most likely is that the particular uniform was aquired with the cream shirt. The difference between cream and white is very clear.