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Soviet Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz
Ed_Haynes replied to Christophe's topic in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria
Hope it won't take us that long to answer this question. -
Soviet Major of Infantry Victory Parade uniform
Ed_Haynes replied to sftrooper86's topic in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria
Thanks. Though why you'd want to waste a Mongolian belt on a Soviet tunic, . . . ???? -
Soviet Major of Infantry Victory Parade uniform
Ed_Haynes replied to sftrooper86's topic in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria
Fair points Dave. Altered the title and am shifting the thread to a Soviet forum. (Although maybe a shift to "Want to Buy" would have been better?) -
Soviet Major of Infantry Victory Parade uniform
Ed_Haynes replied to sftrooper86's topic in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria
Then should this be moved into the "items wanted" category? -
Soviet Major of Infantry Victory Parade uniform
Ed_Haynes replied to sftrooper86's topic in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria
If need be, I shall try to go into this in detail but: -- This is NOT -- as I am told -- a Soviet uniform, it is said to be a Mongolian uniform, and should not have all these foreign Soviet awards, mounted Soviet style. It seems (from the description, catagory placement, and tiny-small off-forum virus-infested images) to be a Mongolian uniform. -- Such profligate Soviet awards would not have been given to a Mongolian. It is another country. Soviet awards to Mongols are uncommon. And where are the Mongolian awards?? The collections of awards here are, freankly, laughable for any Mongolian. Even a Buriyat! And the addition of these lunatic-fantasy awards has obliterated the tunic's reclaimable history. -- This mounting style and awards arrangmentwould have been as used by Mongolia (see multiple images in this sub-forum, please), not by the CCCP. -- Any hypothetical belt would normally have been of the Mongolian style, not the Soviet. But this is the least of the issues. Maybe better images, posted normally, would help? Am I missing something here?!?!?!?! -
What's the concern? Do you have his medals? He'd only have been able to wear this doo-dad (which he probably never did anyway as I suspect he never got unrestricted wearing permission) for another ten years. There is probably a file in the National Archives (PRO) regarding his award and whether he was ever given permission to wear this continental trinket, but this will require doing real research.
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Simply for display, if you must have full-size, Michael's suggestion is fine. A miniature group would also be a good commemorative display. Making the fakers and other makers of garbage rich(er) seems to me a bad idea although, happily, the IDSM is still a fake-free zone, so far as I know. Determining his entitlemenet will, of course, not be easy. More an exercise in fiction than in history? I have outlined elsewhere what I have been able (so far) to find of his career and we are looking (at least) at: IDSM; 1914-15 Star; BWM; Victory with MiD.
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Soviet Major of Infantry Victory Parade uniform
Ed_Haynes replied to sftrooper86's topic in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria
Almost everything that is there is Soviet and even the Mongolian stuff is worn wrong. Not many Soviet awards were given to Mongolians and Mongolian awards are worn completely differently from Soviet style. Look at some of the other threads here, especially the "decorations in wear" thread. It is a Mongolian, not Soviet, uniform, although any effort to recover the history is probably now obscured by fantasy awards being added. -
Soviet Major of Infantry Victory Parade uniform
Ed_Haynes replied to sftrooper86's topic in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria
The uniform may well be fine. It is hard to tell from these images. I'd suspect it is OK. All the awards are fantasy (at least as connected to this uniform) and are worn completely improperly.