M1949 or M1955?

Tretov · 07-11-2004, 04:15 PM

Is this a M1949 or M1955 uniform?

DougD · 07-11-2004, 06:05 PM

Its M1955, same as the army ones. Nice tunic.

DougD

vikingraider1 · 07-11-2004, 07:04 PM

That (as Doug says) is a M1955 tunic for (judging by the blue piping) for KGB. I have one of these tunics at home and are quite rare.

Esteban_cool · 07-11-2004, 08:06 PM

That´s a cool tunic! I have an tanks one and paid USD 71 for it. Is that a fair price?

Tretov · 07-12-2004, 05:02 AM

I was curious about the buttons in the upper edges of the shoulderboards. Haven't seen such on M1955.

vikingraider1 · 07-12-2004, 05:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Esteban_cool

That´s a cool tunic! I have an tanks one and paid USD 71 for it. Is that a fair price?

thats not bad at all. I paid £70 for a KGB tunic and £75 for a tank major's tunic.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tretov

I was curious about the buttons in the upper edges of the shoulderboards. Haven't seen such on M1955.

Neither have I seen buttons on the shoulder boards on any M1955 parade tunic. The shoulder boards were identical in shape to M1969 shoulder boards. Bit of a strange on there...

The shoulder board as far as I can tell (from this angle anyway) seems authentic but I would need to see it at horizontal angle to be 100% sure. The button on the shoulder board looks like it is from the correct era but should definitely not appear on the shoulder board. All shoulder boards should be stitched to the shoulder (after 1949). If there were exceptions then this practice is not according to regulations and certainly not widespread.

07-11-2004, 06:05 PM	#2
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 50 Posts: 2,060	Kgb Its M1955, same as the army ones. Nice tunic. DougD

07-11-2004, 07:04 PM	#3
vikingraider1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: London, Home of West Ham United Age: 54 Posts: 328	That (as Doug says) is a M1955 tunic for (judging by the blue piping) for KGB. I have one of these tunics at home and are quite rare. __________________ "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

07-11-2004, 08:06 PM	#4
Esteban_cool Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santiago, Chile Age: 36 Posts: 1,103	That´s a cool tunic! I have an tanks one and paid USD 71 for it. Is that a fair price? __________________ 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

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