Soviet Soviet Caps

[Kane]

Gidday All,

these were given to me recently from someone who found them in Berlin. Does anyone know what the colours etc mean and who used them or if they have just been made up by somebody.

Cheers,

Kane

[Kane]

Here is the first

[Kane]

and the second

[Paul L Murphy]

These have been made up. The chincords are not original, it should be a plain black fake leather (ie. plastic) chincord. Also the small badges either side of the cap badge should not be there. They are shoulderboard arm-of-service devices. The cap badges are standard Soviet other ranks badges. The red cap would be a motorised infantry cap if all the false bits were removed and the blue cap is for aviation.

[Riley1965]

Paul,

I have to agree 1005. I wondered if they might be Dembels. No matter what the only thing that is authentic is the cap with everything stripped off of it.

Doc

[Belaruski]

Actually these appear 'saveable'. When people start sticking badges through the crown is when it becomes hard to put them back to normal.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Gidday All,

these were given to me recently from someone who found them in Berlin. Does anyone know what the colours etc mean and who used them or if they have just been made up by somebody.

Cheers,

Kane

Probably from the fall of the wall era... flea market sellers going crazy and sticking pins all over the place....

[Sergey]

First-infantry Second-aircraft But-it mixture and mistakes Эмблемы-soldiers, Cords-officers .

Other signs on a peak-cap are not present

[JimZ]

But-it mixture and mistakes

Its the russian response to "pick 'n mix" sweeties for collectors!

Jim

[Sergey]

Its the russian response to "pick 'n mix" sweeties for collectors!

Jim

It is possible to tell and so

[Ed_Haynes]

Typical e$cam or Russian "tourist" garbage

Edited February 15, 2007 by Ed_Haynes

[JimZ]

Typical e$cam or Russian "tourist" garbage

Indeed....I should have said tourist as opposed to collectors. Funny how I am more of a collector when I am in Russia!!

I like that emoticon Ed!! What'd the guy eat.... garlic?

Jim

[Sergey]

Here the cap for 1970 should be such