Marc,
I am not sure why you became so defensive, I am simply asking you (or any forum participant) to not be so general about overall feelings about items, etc. I also have certain feelings about items, mostly things on E-bay by a certain "Auctions" seller, but wait until i can be specific about 'whats' and 'whys' (thus see the warning:fakes thread)...you did that here in your follow up post. I simply ask that you do that before simply saying " I don't like it" or "there is an issue" etc.
No one told you want you can and can not post here and your post was not edited or deleted, so I am not sure why you feel the need to be so defensive about it. There are a lot of forums out there, most of which quickly suffer from infighting amongst collectors based on simple "feelings" , "not look right" etc. As moderator I am trying to avoid that here in the cloth areas, as Art is trying to avoid in the forum overall.
Debates about items are fine, and you may be right, these might be post-Soviet Republic boards (you bring up valid points), but I am simply asking for non-personal, thought out responses, as you did very well in your follow up. I hope you understand my reasoning.
Doc,
I think the boards are medical, but as Marc pointed out, they might be post-Soviet republic boards (Russian, Ukrainian, etc.); they could also be Militia medical. The white boards look like shirt boards rather than tunic boards to me, perhaps why they lack the piping.
I'll get that medical thread going...there should be some old posts / threads we can combine for one main thread.
I have combined all of Doc's 'medical' threads into one overall thread about Soviet Medical Uniforms / Insignia.
DougD
Moderator
I am not sure why you became so defensive, I am simply asking you (or any forum participant) to not be so general about overall feelings about items, etc. I also have certain feelings about items, mostly things on E-bay by a certain "Auctions" seller, but wait until i can be specific about 'whats' and 'whys' (thus see the warning:fakes thread)...you did that here in your follow up post. I simply ask that you do that before simply saying " I don't like it" or "there is an issue" etc.
No one told you want you can and can not post here and your post was not edited or deleted, so I am not sure why you feel the need to be so defensive about it. There are a lot of forums out there, most of which quickly suffer from infighting amongst collectors based on simple "feelings" , "not look right" etc. As moderator I am trying to avoid that here in the cloth areas, as Art is trying to avoid in the forum overall.
Debates about items are fine, and you may be right, these might be post-Soviet Republic boards (you bring up valid points), but I am simply asking for non-personal, thought out responses, as you did very well in your follow up. I hope you understand my reasoning.
Doc,
I think the boards are medical, but as Marc pointed out, they might be post-Soviet republic boards (Russian, Ukrainian, etc.); they could also be Militia medical. The white boards look like shirt boards rather than tunic boards to me, perhaps why they lack the piping.
I'll get that medical thread going...there should be some old posts / threads we can combine for one main thread.
I have combined all of Doc's 'medical' threads into one overall thread about Soviet Medical Uniforms / Insignia.
DougD
Moderator
