01-24-2011, 09:28 AM
If I remember correctly, only rank insignia were allowed (dark red stripes for NCO's, small subdued stars for WO and junior officers, big subdued stars for senior officers and for generals the 6-sided field shoulderboards were attached to the uniform's shoulderboards), however, from photographs it seems that it was very commonto wear branch emblems on the collar (with no tabs, just at the bottom of the collar's "V", just like they wear them on modern Rusian field uniforms), and soldiers sometimes wore branch sleeve patch on their left sleeve pocket. I have even seen photographs of servicemen wearing ribbon bars or even the actual awards on their afganka jackets!
I have only one uniform of this type that has the original insignia: it's border guard camouflaged clothing for BG (or interior troops? They used that clothes as well) WO and it only has infantry collar emblems and 2 small stars put in a line on each of the shoulderboards.
I have only one uniform of this type that has the original insignia: it's border guard camouflaged clothing for BG (or interior troops? They used that clothes as well) WO and it only has infantry collar emblems and 2 small stars put in a line on each of the shoulderboards.
