Cossack hat.

marsino · 03-06-2012, 09:40 AM

Please, can you help me identify this strange Hat? :confused:

Esteban_cool · 03-06-2012, 11:35 AM

looks like a Cossack visor cap, but if given that case, must be post-Soviet.

marsino · 03-06-2012, 11:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Esteban_cool

looks like a Cossack visor cap, but if given that case, must be post-Soviet.

The strange thing is the white cloth ...

***CtahhR*** · 03-06-2012, 11:45 AM

White for white Russia?

Anyone else notice that this Cossack was decorated by the Nazis?

marsino · 03-06-2012, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CtahhR

White for white Russia?

Anyone else notice that this Cossack was decorated by the Nazis?

Unfortunately I'm not able to find an appropriate image.:(

***CtahhR*** · 03-06-2012, 12:13 PM

I think it would be difficult to find a more appropriate photograph to display the complicated history of the Cossacks. Does anyone know what the first Medal is?

MarvWe · 03-06-2012, 04:20 PM

The second medal from the left is the "Ostvölkermedaille". It was awarded for people of the slavic peoples who helped german troops e.g. in fighting partisan groups.

Wikipedia says: "The Ostvolk Medal (German: Tapferkeits- und Verdienst Auszeichnung für Ostvölker) was a military award in Nazi Germany, bestowed to the personnel from the former Soviet Union (Ostvolk in German, literally 'the East people'). The award was designed by Elmar Lang and existed in two classes: 1st, in gold or silver, and 2nd (gold, silver or bronze). There were two versions: with swords, for bravery, and without, for merit.

The medal represented an octactinal star with plant pattern in the centre. The 1st class was 48 mm in diameter, attachable to the cloth by pin. The 2nd class had 40 mm in diameter and was worn on a 32 mm wide ribbon. In December, 1943 seventeen workers from Zhytomyr (including one woman) were awarded with bronze stars for "saving a valuable property from Bolsheviks".[

Ser-g · 03-07-2012, 06:36 AM

So it is a cosack cap?

Anyhow i love it !!
If i ever come across such a stunning cap i will obtain it.

marsino · 03-07-2012, 09:37 AM

Recap, let's see if I understand:
Cossack Hat post USSR , white-red and blue, the colors of Russia.
Correct?

Ser-g · 03-08-2012, 04:48 AM

Was this a regulation cap for the cossacks?
So there supposed to be more around?

03-06-2012, 11:35 AM	#2
Esteban_cool Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santiago, Chile Age: 36 Posts: 1,103	Re: Identification hat. looks like a Cossack visor cap, but if given that case, must be post-Soviet. __________________ There's nothing in the streets Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Are now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again

03-06-2012, 11:45 AM	#4
*CtahhR* Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep In The Archives. Age: 17 Posts: 12,074	Re: Identification hat. White for white Russia? Anyone else notice that this Cossack was decorated by the Nazis? __________________ "Signed with his own rubber stamp"

03-06-2012, 12:13 PM	#6
*CtahhR* Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep In The Archives. Age: 17 Posts: 12,074	Re: Identification hat. I think it would be difficult to find a more appropriate photograph to display the complicated history of the Cossacks. Does anyone know what the first Medal is? __________________ "Signed with his own rubber stamp"

03-06-2012, 04:20 PM	#7
MarvWe Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Germany Posts: 82	Re: Identification hat. The second medal from the left is the "Ostvölkermedaille". It was awarded for people of the slavic peoples who helped german troops e.g. in fighting partisan groups. Wikipedia says: "The Ostvolk Medal (German: Tapferkeits- und Verdienst Auszeichnung für Ostvölker) was a military award in Nazi Germany, bestowed to the personnel from the former Soviet Union (Ostvolk in German, literally 'the East people'). The award was designed by Elmar Lang and existed in two classes: 1st, in gold or silver, and 2nd (gold, silver or bronze). There were two versions: with swords, for bravery, and without, for merit. The medal represented an octactinal star with plant pattern in the centre. The 1st class was 48 mm in diameter, attachable to the cloth by pin. The 2nd class had 40 mm in diameter and was worn on a 32 mm wide ribbon. In December, 1943 seventeen workers from Zhytomyr (including one woman) were awarded with bronze stars for "saving a valuable property from Bolsheviks".[

03-07-2012, 06:36 AM	#8
Ser-g Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Haarlem The Netherlands Age: 38 Posts: 374	Re: Identification hat. So it is a cosack cap? Anyhow i love it !! If i ever come across such a stunning cap i will obtain it. __________________ Vriendelijke groet, Ser-g --------------------------- The easy day was yesterday

03-08-2012, 04:48 AM	#10
Ser-g Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Haarlem The Netherlands Age: 38 Posts: 374	Re: Identification hat. Was this a regulation cap for the cossacks? So there supposed to be more around? __________________ Vriendelijke groet, Ser-g --------------------------- The easy day was yesterday

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