10-17-2003, 07:41 AM
Based on my 15 years of collecting Soviet uniforms, and examining ones dating from 1919 to th late 1990s, I seriously doubt that it is possible to make any clear assumptions like this.
What I mean is that I don't think you can look at the way a button is attached and say Belarus or Soviet, 2000s or 1980s, etc. More likely differences are by factory or even more likely machinst or even day they made them.
I have seen different fabric colours from the same factory and on soldiers in the same squad.
Maybe hidden vs. visible buttons will tell you more but I doubt it can narrow stuff that much.
Soviet uniform regs never covered details that small which were up to the factories themselves.
I am not doubting your IDs of these three items, just saying that I don't then think we can say button x = place or time X, etc.
Shawn
What I mean is that I don't think you can look at the way a button is attached and say Belarus or Soviet, 2000s or 1980s, etc. More likely differences are by factory or even more likely machinst or even day they made them.
I have seen different fabric colours from the same factory and on soldiers in the same squad.
Maybe hidden vs. visible buttons will tell you more but I doubt it can narrow stuff that much.
Soviet uniform regs never covered details that small which were up to the factories themselves.
I am not doubting your IDs of these three items, just saying that I don't then think we can say button x = place or time X, etc.
Shawn
