Help with NKVD uniform

doomula5000 · 01-16-2010, 05:19 PM

I just picked up what I believe is a NKVD boarderguards tunic. I am new to collecting uniforms so any help would be great.

Where would the stamp be? What is the proper way to store it? Any reference pics would be great. Thanks for looking!:thumbsup

If you need more pics let me know.

doomula5000 · 01-16-2010, 05:20 PM

pic

Commissar · 01-16-2010, 10:21 PM

I don't know much about storage, but it would be nice to see it on a mannequin!
Looks to be in good condition too. :) Very nice uniform.
Check under the buttons, there may be a date there. :D

Ser-g · 01-17-2010, 09:24 AM

stamps could be in several places.

1. inside the tunic
2. under need the frond pocket flaps
3. on the underside of the boards

let me know if you find any there ,, and get a picture of it.

the back of the buttons normaly has a 2 digit date on them.

Lapa · 01-17-2010, 09:43 AM

Usually, on gymnasterka, the stamp is on the lower part, inside.

Marc

DougD · 01-17-2010, 10:20 AM

To me, it has the signs of a tunic purchased from a certain "Auction" house on-line; "wound stripes", field board, etc. Each person has their own opinion: I am not sure that it is what the seller claimed it to be.

Esteban_cool · 01-17-2010, 12:01 PM

Perhaps it´s not fake, but just a put-up set. Just as Doug, I also suspected when I saw the wound stripes.

BTW, I´ve never seen shoulderboards damage on the first two tips near their buttons. May this be a false "weathering" made by some inescrupulous dealer or just that I´ve never seen such ones?

deValcourt · 01-17-2010, 02:56 PM

Well, this is interesting. I never knew what those "little flags" were above the pockets until I read this and realized you guys were using the word wound as damage done to the body and not the past tense of wind (which is another homonym). Cool, I learned something today.:thumbsup

Phillip

EricFG · 01-17-2010, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by deValcourt

Well, this is interesting. I never knew what those "little flags" were above the pockets until I read this and realized you guys were using the word wound as damage done to the body and not the past tense of wind (which is another homonym). Cool, I learned something today.:thumbsup Phillip

Philsky, check out: http://www.soviet-awards.com/forum/s...iet-badge.html and http://www.soviet-awards.com/forum/s...d-stripes.html for some info and links. I've been considereding adding one to my GPW display for some time now. Just never got around to doing it.:rolleyes:

DougD · 01-17-2010, 05:04 PM

I would not assume the wound stripes on the tunic that started this thread are actual Red Army issue. I would bet that they are made of the same material as the tunic itself.

01-16-2010, 10:21 PM	#3
Commissar Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Winnipeg, Canada Posts: 424	re: Help with NKVD uniform I don't know much about storage, but it would be nice to see it on a mannequin! Looks to be in good condition too. :) Very nice uniform. Check under the buttons, there may be a date there. :D

01-17-2010, 09:24 AM	#4
Ser-g Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Haarlem The Netherlands Age: 38 Posts: 374	re: Help with NKVD uniform stamps could be in several places. 1. inside the tunic 2. under need the frond pocket flaps 3. on the underside of the boards let me know if you find any there ,, and get a picture of it. the back of the buttons normaly has a 2 digit date on them.

01-17-2010, 09:43 AM	#5
Lapa Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St Petersburg, Russia Age: 63 Posts: 2,397	re: Help with NKVD uniform Usually, on gymnasterka, the stamp is on the lower part, inside. Marc

01-17-2010, 10:20 AM	#6
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 51 Posts: 2,060	re: Help with NKVD uniform To me, it has the signs of a tunic purchased from a certain "Auction" house on-line; "wound stripes", field board, etc. Each person has their own opinion: I am not sure that it is what the seller claimed it to be. Last edited by DougD; 01-17-2010 at 10:33 AM.

01-17-2010, 12:01 PM	#7
Esteban_cool Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santiago, Chile Age: 36 Posts: 1,103	re: Help with NKVD uniform Perhaps it´s not fake, but just a put-up set. Just as Doug, I also suspected when I saw the wound stripes. BTW, I´ve never seen shoulderboards damage on the first two tips near their buttons. May this be a false "weathering" made by some inescrupulous dealer or just that I´ve never seen such ones? __________________ 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

01-17-2010, 02:56 PM	#8
deValcourt Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cajun Country Age: 56 Posts: 1,565	re: Help with NKVD uniform Well, this is interesting. I never knew what those "little flags" were above the pockets until I read this and realized you guys were using the word wound as damage done to the body and not the past tense of wind (which is another homonym). Cool, I learned something today.:thumbsup Phillip __________________ Phillip

01-17-2010, 05:04 PM	#10
DougD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: NJ Age: 51 Posts: 2,060	Re: Help with NKVD uniform I would not assume the wound stripes on the tunic that started this thread are actual Red Army issue. I would bet that they are made of the same material as the tunic itself.

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