10-27-2003, 08:09 AM
Unfortuntaely, I think the gym may be 1960s. The buttons look like very late issue. Look on the back for dates...
The boards are M1958 service/parade, they are all one colour and not edged in a different colour like the 1943-58 boards.
As for why RKKA soldiers wore their awards on battle dress during the war - because that is all they had. No front line soldier had a parade uniform till after the war. Service and field dress differ only in one thing for practicle war-time pruposes - board colour. Most soldiers only had one tunic at any given time. Soldiers kept any award issued to them with them - where else do you store it??
Shawn
The boards are M1958 service/parade, they are all one colour and not edged in a different colour like the 1943-58 boards.
As for why RKKA soldiers wore their awards on battle dress during the war - because that is all they had. No front line soldier had a parade uniform till after the war. Service and field dress differ only in one thing for practicle war-time pruposes - board colour. Most soldiers only had one tunic at any given time. Soldiers kept any award issued to them with them - where else do you store it??
Shawn
