"Victory Parade" uniform of Molotov

DougD · 07-13-2006, 09:45 AM

Well, I would not classify it as an M1945, but its close enough; also, this is the type he did actully wear at the 1945 VP.

This is a parade uniform for Foreign Minister of the USSR V. Molotov; the rank was only used since March of 1945 and only ( i hate to use the word only any more since i messed up on Issakov) was used by Molotov.

There was the hole for his HSL ( i used a copy).

Many of these caps ( not that there are alot of them) ome through with the cap badge having been changed due to new regulations in 1946; this still has the original cap badge.

Here is a close up of his unique boards; I'd kill to take these off to keep! Like other diplomatic boards they are narrower and backed in bright red. DD

Close up ( little blurry) of his cuff.-DD

DougD · 07-13-2006, 09:47 AM

Here is a ( i think touches up a bit) photo of Molotov in 1945. I have not been able to find any other shots of him wearing the uniform. DD

new world · 07-13-2006, 05:46 PM

Stunning!!!

Do you own this uniform?

William

DougD · 07-13-2006, 05:49 PM

I only own it until i bring it to my client next week; i have beeen able to enjoy it for about a month : )

DD

Tretov · 07-14-2006, 03:43 AM

Oh my.... well, that one is truly a gem.

vikingraider1 · 07-18-2006, 05:55 PM

Excellent find!!

I bet the price ran into hundreds of thousands of dollars.

DougD · 07-18-2006, 06:04 PM

No! Not that bad at all; I know of a couple of Stalin uniforms that have sold and even they are not that high. Soviet stuff is just not as high nd as German, but we are getting there.

dd

vikingraider1 · 07-19-2006, 04:26 AM

Well that does really surprise me Doug. Something like that, belonging to a historical figure I thought would have went for a lot more. Maybe in a few years you will regret not hanging onto it. It could have been a nice little retirement nest egg :banghead

DougD · 07-19-2006, 08:46 AM

If i kept all the gems i had in I'd have to move back in to my mothers house; i get to keep the items for a short time and enjoy them and then mov'em on. I had to give up molotov yesterday :(

dd

07-13-2006, 05:49 PM	#4
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 50 Posts: 2,060	uniform I only own it until i bring it to my client next week; i have beeen able to enjoy it for about a month : ) DD

07-18-2006, 05:55 PM	#6
vikingraider1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: London, Home of West Ham United Age: 54 Posts: 328	Excellent find!! I bet the price ran into hundreds of thousands of dollars. __________________ "We can truly say that the whole circuit of the earth is girdled with the graves of our dead... and, in the course of my pilgrimage, I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come, than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war." King George V, Flanders, 1922

07-18-2006, 06:04 PM	#7
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 50 Posts: 2,060	molotov No! Not that bad at all; I know of a couple of Stalin uniforms that have sold and even they are not that high. Soviet stuff is just not as high nd as German, but we are getting there. dd

07-19-2006, 04:26 AM	#8
vikingraider1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: London, Home of West Ham United Age: 54 Posts: 328	Well that does really surprise me Doug. Something like that, belonging to a historical figure I thought would have went for a lot more. Maybe in a few years you will regret not hanging onto it. It could have been a nice little retirement nest egg :banghead __________________ "We can truly say that the whole circuit of the earth is girdled with the graves of our dead... and, in the course of my pilgrimage, I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come, than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war." King George V, Flanders, 1922

07-19-2006, 08:46 AM	#9
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 50 Posts: 2,060	items If i kept all the gems i had in I'd have to move back in to my mothers house; i get to keep the items for a short time and enjoy them and then mov'em on. I had to give up molotov yesterday :( dd

07-13-2006, 05:46 PM	#3
new world Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: NYC, USA Posts: 1,086	Stunning!!! Do you own this uniform? William

07-14-2006, 03:43 AM	#5
Tretov Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Republic of Finland Posts: 1,129	Oh my.... well, that one is truly a gem.

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