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06-30-2012, 03:13 AM | #1 |
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White background behind the cap badge
What was the reason for putting a white piece of paper behind the cap badge? I have seen quite a lot of post-warpictures of soviet servicemen wearing white paper behind their cap badges - just like one of the guys on the picture attached has - they all were picturing soldiers during field activities, so maybe it had some meaning during the manouvers?
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06-30-2012, 03:40 AM | #2 |
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Re: Whie background behind the cap badge
Perhaps he is some kind of maneuver supervisor or "referee"?
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06-30-2012, 04:36 AM | #3 |
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Re: White background behind the cap badge
I don't think so. I had a photograph where there was a whole infantry squad with whit background behind their badges and another with a soldier prepearing some meal. Doubt they would be referees.
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Re: White background behind the cap badge
I have some helmets similarly marked with what I believe was once luminous paint.
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Re: White background behind the cap badge
I always took it as one of two options.
1. Since the cap badge was a quick identification of rank, it was maybe made fare more quickly to spot the difference by adding a white back ground. 2. Maybe the people wearing a white paper were to be aggressors, or in other words the bad guy in war games. A similar practice is done by adding different color badges to the Royal Dutch Army when being aggressor. 1 is just a pure practical explanation. 2 is more of a based on my own army experience. I never know what to pick but it can be a totally different reason.
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