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OKP Wrote:The guards at Lenin's Tomb had General caps -from the 80's till 1993- but without the embroiderings on the visor and the band.
Just the normal officers parade badge was worn on the band on from 1987 on the specific insgnia on the crown.
Thanks OKP for your information, i meant we all have been having doubts and discussions about General caps of KGB.
We all agree there are some caps that are of original legit construction. But have never found a purpose for them, if captains of honor guard wore general caps this would explain the use of KGB guard caps.
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Ser-g Wrote:...We all agree there are some caps that are of original legit construction...
Ser-g,
Sorry, but I have never agreed with this theory. All actual evidence points to the opposite.
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Lapa Wrote:Ser-g,
Sorry, but I have never agreed with this theory. All actual evidence points to the opposite.
Marc
Marc maybe i have put it wrong.
I ment to say there are caps that are exacly made like a generals cap aside from color you coulnt tell a army generals cap apart from KGB in that case.
How ever thease caps are rare and there is no agreement about its purpose and or if they were made for KGB generals to be used.
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Ser-g Wrote:Marc maybe i have put it wrong.
I ment to say there are caps that are exacly made like a generals cap aside from color you coulnt tell a army generals cap apart from KGB in that case.
How ever thease caps are rare and there is no agreement about its purpose and or if they were made for KGB generals to be used.
Ser-g,
Go back to some of the threads about those "KGB General Caps" and you'll see that, even though they may be built in a similar way to genuine ones (by the way, isn't it what fakes attempt to do???), no KGB general ever wore one of them. If you check with "the guys that should know" (that is the Museum of the History of the Russian Political Police in StP and the KGB Museum in Moscow), they'll tell you quite unambiguously that KGB generals didn't wear dark-blue piped uniforms.
Genuine dark-blue piped uniforms exist, but are NOT related to the KGB; they were MVD uniforms.
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Great !
Thank you, gentlemen!