Soviet Bulgarian Head Gear

[Riley1965]

Here's a WWI Cap and a WWII Helmet.

ENJOY!!!

Doc

[Guest Rick Research]

Is that an officer's cap? Can you zoom in on the cockade?

[Riley1965]

Here Ya go, Rick!

Doc

[Riley1965]

Is this an enlisted cockade or an officers?

Best,

Doc

[Gordon Craig]

Is this an enlisted cockade or an officers?

Best,

Doc

Doc,

This is a Bulgarian Officers cap badge as used until the early 1970s.

Regards,

Gordon

[Riley1965]

Gordon,

Thank You SOOOOOOOOO much!!! I needed to know. I am having a brass nameplte made for it. Again, Thanks!!!

Doc

[Bryan]

Doc, here is my WWII M36 Bulgarian helmet. Those are dirt cheap compared to other countries headgear.

By the way, here is a nice site to learn about Bulgarian helmets : http://helmet.0catch.com/

[Bryan]

Inside

[Bryan]

And here is a Bulgarian side cap. Probably from the 80's. They sell $5 on internet.

[Gordon Craig]

Soviet,

Nice shots of the helmet and cap. Would you post a picture of the front of the cap please. The helmet reference site is good. The pop up is annoying though.

Regards,

Gordon

[Riley1965]

Soviet,

Thank You for the info about the helmet and the side cap!!

Best,

Doc

[Bryan]

Hello Gordon. Concerning the helmet webpage, if you are using Firefox and not Internet explorer you might get less of those pop-ups.

Here is a picture from the front of the cap.

Here is the place where I bought everything : http://www.bulgariana.com/

This is the winter hat.

Edited December 15, 2006 by Soviet

[Bryan]

The Red Star

[Gordon Craig]

Soviet,

Thanks for the response. I figured that was where you bought the hat. Now if he only had a Generals hat I'd be all set!

Cheers,

Gordon

[Gordon Craig]

Gentlemen,

I need to coprrect my earlier statement about the time frame for the cocakde that I said was worn up to the mid 70s. Obviously I was mistaken and for that I appologize. Don't know how I could have made such a dumb mistake! Obviously it is of the time frame first listed in the post. For reference purposes here is a cap and cap badge for the Bulgarian Communist era up to the early 70s. The interior shot is not very good and I'll add a better one when the cap arrives.

Regards,

Gordon