Al-muell Wrote:Unless I am mistaken m45 had no piping - they could have a padding from the cloth in uniform's color, but not in branch colour.
In addition - if they are a set with the shoulderboards (and they ARE) They cannot be m45, because this style of shoulderboarsd was not used before 1955 (with minor exceptions ,maybe). Also if m45 they would have to be cavalry - no other branch would have this colour scheme at that time. And this seems unlikely to me.
OK, so They were piped. My mistake. Did it apply for all branches or just for NKVD Troops?
It is also correct thet in 1949 Armor troops and AF had this style of boards (the exceptions I've mentioned). However, this boards and tabs are neither for AF nor for armor troops.
04-05-2007, 03:08 AM (This post was last modified: 04-05-2007, 03:09 AM by Jeffrey Meffert.)
A medical m43 parade and a comissary/logistics m43 parade I have background cloth the same color as the uniform wool. my nkvd m43 parade is piped in blue as above.
OK, I have an armor troops and they are not piped. So maybe the piping was worn only by NKVD?
But there's another problem. The boards are have both piping and stripes in royal blue colour, and this colour scheme was, I think used since the creation of MGB. After all, original NKWD colours were brick red/royal blue. Thay cannot be for engeneers either, since they would be royal blue/black.
And oce again: the shoulderboards are non m45! They can at best be m49 and I doubt MGB (or whatever the name was at that time) had special uniforms then.
I also think that there was some transitional uniform in 1954 - I remember seeing a picture in "Military uniforms of the Armed Forces of the USSR and Russia 1917 - 1990's". Unfortunately I don't have the book at hand...
There was a M1955 Uniform which was grey in colour. I have two examples. One KGB and one is armour. They were only used for three years. They conisisted of a grey tunic and cap with dark blue breeches. This was a parade unfirom only.
