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Giagantic marks..? What do we have here? - marcotk - 07-23-2009
Hello everyone,
I have been shown this set. It is claiming to be a kind of combat/field suit of the Red Army (precisely for tankists..). It obviously looks 70-80ies, but those huge marks (that I have never seen before) make me wonder if these are bogus, and/or if this is not a soviet set and someone just applied the marks..
BC I'd bet stands for Armed Forces..
What do you guys think? Prisoners tunics.. Regular Field/Training/Work uniform?
Thanks! :D
Giagantic marks..? What do we have here? - marcotk - 07-23-2009
the rest of the photos
Giagantic marks..? What do we have here? - Tretov - 07-23-2009
A guess is that those ridiculously large marks were applied post-soviet to emphasize that the outfit is indeed from the USSR when sold abroad.
The hammer and sickle looks like a western interpretation.
Giagantic marks..? What do we have here? - Commissar - 07-23-2009
To be honest I did not see the markings at first and had to look closely at it.
Other than the markings it looks original?
But it kind of throws me off.
Giagantic marks..? What do we have here? - DougD - 07-23-2009
I have a winter coat like this to a Lt.General and it has the same mark on the back of it; I think it is just the Soviet Army mark, no more or less.
I'll try to shoot it on Friday.
Giagantic marks..? What do we have here? - Commissar - 07-24-2009
Well maybe if it is more common than we think it is probably more acceptable. :D
It doesn't look bad. The coat I mean, it looks pretty much genuine.
Giagantic marks..? What do we have here? - DougD - 07-24-2009
Here is mine, for a Lt.General...not the best looking coat, but warm and great for taking the dog out in winter. DougD
Giagantic marks..? What do we have here? - desantnik - 07-24-2009
This may have been a way to mark military property to prevent it from being used by manual labors???
Giagantic marks..? What do we have here? - Commissar - 07-24-2009
I heard it was common for soldiers in the Soviet Army to sell their uniforms, gear and equipment to people off base for extra cash; I heard it was a huge problem for a while in the mid 80s...
At least thats what a certain book tells me.
Giagantic marks..? What do we have here? - marcotk - 07-24-2009
Thanks to everyone. Good points were made pro and con the usage of such mark before 1991.. I personally don't imagine a general going around with such mark on his back :rolleyes:
Maybe such marking might have been introduced in the late 80ies* and due to the late introduction we do not see so many of them? (because, I repeat, I have never seen these before).
Maybe, they had a specific meaning but after the fall someone started to apply them indiscriminately (as Tretov pointed out .. we have seen this so many other times).
Maybe used only for trainings and/or military schools..?
Just speculating here.. :D
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* (as the story on the "other" forum proves - where people who seemed either prisoners or deserters were seen leaving a military base wearing such clothes. I think this account testifies on the legitimacy of such marks)