Uniform tags, labels, etc.

[Nack]

Hello all. I am new to this whole thing, so forgive me if this question is annoyingly simple.

It appears that counterfeit uniforms are everywhere, and the only way to distinguish them from the real vintage uniforms is to look at the labels and stampings. So, if this is true, did all uniforms come with labels or stamped markings somewhere on them? And if so, how would you tell if they are real or forged as well?

For example, here is a tag out of a M69 uniform I recently purchased of a well-known internet auction-house. Is it a real tag, and what, if anything, does it say? Thanks in advance for your patience.

[HuliganRS]

It says it was made in 1988

[otlichnik]

It also gives the name of the factory, which is located in the city of Akhtyrka.

There is no reason to think this tag is fake. Many modern (i.e post-soviet) production items simple have no tags. It is possible they are now being stamped with fake Soviet era dates but I am not sure. Items with dates in the late 1980s are very common as they were never issued before the uniforms were changed in the 1990s.

Shawn

[Nack]

So are all unmarked uniforms reproductions? In other words, did real Soviet-era uniforms all have stamps or labels in them?

And were both the jacket and pants marked or labeled?

I have several late-era Soviet uniforms: some have the jacket labeled, but not the pants, other have stamps in the pants, but nothing in the jacket, and so on.