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Soviet uniforms -- for comment - Nota Bene - 11-17-2007
Guys,
I am glad it helps.
I was going through my books and found this.
It's a 1931 badge for veterans of Severo-Zapadnaya Armiya. According to the book, it's design is based on the arm patch they wore.
Alexei
Soviet uniforms -- for comment - medals73 - 11-25-2007
Two more --
1- Rail transport (kind of wrinkled, but were you that old, . . . .), 1922-24.
Collar and very odd (!) buttons.
The left (of course) sleeve. Komandir Otdeleniya.
Soviet uniforms -- for comment - medals73 - 11-25-2007
Andddd . . . .
2- Officers' dolman (pelisse?) from the Zavolzhskaya Cavalry Brigade; they went over en masse to the Bolsheviks . . . with very basic Red Guards armband . . . if you look under the right light you can see "RKKA" on the patch.
Closeup. Heavy padded/quilted interior and fur ("fur"?) collar.
And, for those who like to see the backs of ribbon bars the . . . er . . . uum . . . back side.
And . . . on the left . . . in natural light, you can see the star outline and "RKKA" in black. The gray triangle . . . "rank" . . . Komandir Otdeleniya? . . . this early???
Soviet uniforms -- for comment - DougD - 11-25-2007
Heavy duty!! I guess the triangle would be rank! i did not think of that when looking at the pics. Nice!
Soviet uniforms -- for comment - medals73 - 11-29-2007
Maybe not super-sexy., but recent arrivals and I like 'em.
Captain, Artillery (Technical).
Soviet uniforms -- for comment - medals73 - 11-29-2007
And some sort of state security (NKVD-MGB?) postwar Major.
And some interesting (and confusing) decoration spoor. His right. And left.
Soviet uniforms -- for comment - medals73 - 01-04-2008
Another recent arrival. NKVD Major.
Soviet uniforms -- for comment - medals73 - 01-12-2008
One more, perhaps the least elegant military headgear ever designed, but I like it anyway.
Soviet uniforms -- for comment - medals73 - 01-12-2008
And, for colder weather. Named (?) across outer crown. What I read as MEДВEДEВ (Medvedev) but I am often wrong.
Soviet uniforms -- for comment - desantnik - 01-12-2008
medals73 Wrote:And, for colder weather. Named (?) across outer crown. What I read as MEДВEДEВ (Medvedev) but I am often wrong.
Ed, I'll caveat my comment with the disclaimer that I'm not a cloth guy.
I don't like the appearance of this piece. The red stripe was worn by partisans as an identifying feature on civilian clothes - something done going back to the Civil War.
You have to ask why both the hat and red stripe look like they were made yesterday. Pieces I've seen with these red stripes always look like they were worn for months or years in the field, around camp fires, getting rain and snowed on, etc.