09-23-2010, 01:02 AM
My opinion is that one must really hold one of these in hand and compare it with other examples - both authentic and reproduction - whilst holding those in hand also... :whistler
This one is an odd example of, or was intended to simulate - an Air Force "Border Guards" Budionovka - with the blue body and the star of green with a "raspberry" edging.
I have seen only one specimen with such a cloth star - one that was backed with another coloured fabric - and it was an earlier model than this one, and did not represent the branch above.
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BTW - The star-cockarde is an example that was intended for Naval Beskozirka - pattern of 1943.
This one is an odd example of, or was intended to simulate - an Air Force "Border Guards" Budionovka - with the blue body and the star of green with a "raspberry" edging.
I have seen only one specimen with such a cloth star - one that was backed with another coloured fabric - and it was an earlier model than this one, and did not represent the branch above.
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BTW - The star-cockarde is an example that was intended for Naval Beskozirka - pattern of 1943.
