01-02-2008, 03:24 AM
Slobo Wrote:1. General lack of availability during the late war years resulted in Air Force or even cavalry (Royal blue piping???) to be substituted with AF being most common, presumably because of availability.Synthetic blue dye for fabric was in short supply in Soviet Union after the war too. This problem was even discussed in cabinet of ministers in 1950 with Stalin involved, because no domestic product existed and everything was imported. Don’t even think about perfect match for regulation’s colors.
Slobo Wrote:2. The boards were re-shaped to the familiar 6-sided version for greater ease of production.Most of NKVD/NKGB uniform’s items were similar in design to navy items. Shoulder boards were changed to 6-sided navy version shortly after original order was issued on February 16 1943. Army changed to 6-sided version three years latter in 1946.
