01-21-2007, 07:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-21-2007, 07:51 PM by Dzerzhinsky.)
Without mentioning names, many years ago, I was the victim of a notable authority concerning this type of hat. The officer hat for this has a black velvet band and the same blue piping. The cap badge that belongs to this is not common, so it is difficult to locate a complete hat. In my situation, someone simply pinned a embroidered navy badge on the hat and sold it to me as KGB navy. Once I learned this was bogus, I eventually began researching it further and determined the error. Hense, it is evident to me that someone placed a common parade badge on this hat to simply unload it. Am I correct? Maybe someone should contact Randy Stewart and ask him? He is the author of the Under the Red Star webpage and a real authority on Gorbachev era Soviet visors. Thank you for your time.
