M 55 Shoulder board question ???

[vvadim]

Thank you, Vadim !
I am grateful.
The boards on the tunic are shown in your post in the bottom row, second from the left: red and silver with no branch insignia.

Would you agree with Jess that they would not be on a dress tunic?
Or would they have been worn since it seems from your post that the shoulder boards were abolished in 1958, the same year that the new uniforms were introduced?

Of course they were there in 1955 - 1958. Here is the snapshot from 1956 movie and you can clearly see the shoulder boards. The same goes for dress tunic. I believe you can read Russian. This is from 1955 regulations regarding shoulder boards. If you read it you will see that for dress tunic, […] and summer coat were the same type of shoulder boards. Branch insignia went to collar tabs. Guy on the snapshot is a medic, but medics, veterinarian and administrative had exactly the same uniforms except branch insignia. (Please see branch insignia on collar tabs).