12-27-2007, 11:15 PM
hi slobo, welcome to the forum.
breeches were made of different material depending on year, area, what was available, etc. Other than polyester i would not discount any because of material used.
as for piping, i think in general it did match the piping of the tunic / pullover; if there were exceptions to that i can't think of them off the top of my head.
blue piping is difficult! The shades vary greatly; i just had in a setof boards for an NKGB commissar / general that I would swear were sky blue, but had the NKVD-NKGB stripes on them. so, if you are using a set with blue piping for an NKVD display I would not go crazy trying to find perfect royal blue.
DougD
Moderator - cloth
breeches were made of different material depending on year, area, what was available, etc. Other than polyester i would not discount any because of material used.
as for piping, i think in general it did match the piping of the tunic / pullover; if there were exceptions to that i can't think of them off the top of my head.
blue piping is difficult! The shades vary greatly; i just had in a setof boards for an NKGB commissar / general that I would swear were sky blue, but had the NKVD-NKGB stripes on them. so, if you are using a set with blue piping for an NKVD display I would not go crazy trying to find perfect royal blue.
DougD
Moderator - cloth
