Soviet M1945 Victory Parade MSU Service Cap

[slava1stclass]

To all:

A recent acquisition.

Regards,

slava1stclass

[Paul R]

WOW!!!! It is beautiful!!

Any idea who's it is?

[slava1stclass]

To all:

All told, only 15 Marshals of the Soviet Union (MSU) would have worn this headgear. Considering that the successor model, the M1955, was authorized on 3 March 1955, the 15 MSUs who would have worn the M1945 model were:

MSU Beria

MSU Budyonny

MSU Bulganin

MSU Govorov

MSU Konev

MSU Malinovskiy

MSU Meretskov

MSU Rokossovskiy

MSU Sokolovskiy

MSU (later Generalissimus) Stalin

MSU Timoshenko

MSU Tolbukhin

MSU Vasilevskiy

MSU Voroshilov

MSU Zhukov

No matter how you look at it, beyond its exceedingly rare status, the M1945 Victory Parade service cap has an immediate direct connection to the most singularly prominent Soviet military and political figures of the Great Patriotic War period.

Regards,

slava1stclass

Edited March 16, 2006 by slava1stclass

[Bryan]

So do you have any idea which MSU could have worn yours?

[Guest Rick Research]

Actually, since the hand embroidery is unique, I would think it might be worthwhile checking portrait photos of those VERY well known recipients looking for this precise detail in the quite ugly Marshals' "sea weed" embroidery--

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the variation in the red showing inside as circled might document whose this was.