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    As a part of a stack of documents and photos (but only a few medals :( ) that has recently come my way were a couple of what are -- to me at least -- unusual uniform shots. Help, please. What am I seeing here?

    The first- faded toward the left.

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    Guest Rick Research

    The winged wheels are, no surprise, Motor Transport. But some of them seem to have the stubby rather "telescope" looking Machine Gun unit badge of this period superimposed IN that-- so I'd hazard these are...

    mechanized machine gunners. :rolleyes:

    Some have got small badges on their caps with something crossed in a wreath... engineering, perhaps?

    Don't know why so many are wearing branch insignias on their caps instead of the regulation stars, when they DO have the lovely bullion branch sleeve insignia. All in a muddle, end of the Civil War period.

    All I get out of the scribbled-over is "In happy memory of...."

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    Hi Ed,

    That seems to be same insignia the belgian armoured cars regiment that fought in Russia during WWI wore.

    They wore a blend of Belgian uniforms with Russian insignias.

    The full name of the Regiment was the "Corps des Autos Canons Mitrailleuses" (ACM) or "Car-canon-machine gun corps"

    Best regards

    Jan

    PS sorry for the bad pic, but it's all I have

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    Guest Rick Research

    :Cat-Scratch: Bingo! There it is, as Jan has posted!

    The bullion and multi-colored sleeve insignias are on a base of part of the globe and rising rayed sun...

    and "do not exist" :speechless1: in any insignia reference I've ever seen.

    Obviously the departed Tsarist/White Belgians' insignia made an impression and left behind metal ones must have inspired the Red bullion ones.

    Extremely interesting!!!!!!!!

    :unsure: don't look now, ED.... we're luring you into the Wide World Beyond

    Mere Metal! :cheeky:

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    Document in post #17 is in OLD Russian, with all those extra letters and Tsarist terms for things (Province as "Gubernaya" rather than "Oblast" etc) so about all I get out of that is he was apparently called to military service in 1915 from or in Vitebsk Province, and this is basically his notice of Red military service from the Petrograd Soviet on 27/14 March 1918.

    #18 is the earliest "modern" Russian document I have ever seen, and is from the 23rd Armored Car Detachment, 28 August 1919 stating that per the undersigned (Commander and Adjutant) of that unit, the bearer Red Army Private Yevgeny Strod serves in the higher position within the unit of a reserve driver, for purpose of identification this is issued to him 28 September 1919.

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    The Osprey Red Army of the Russian Civil War boopk is full of examples like this of Shoulder board insignia being canibalised and supplemented to create both cap and sleeve insignia.

    Essentially as long as you didn't wear an Imperial cockade and pogoni you could wear almost anything!

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    As the wise old Lady said, "curiouser and curiouser".

    Two documents may (or may not) help, but I can't read 'em :banger: .

    The first I have related to him:

    Free translation

    The document given for Evgenie Stroz, begun military service in 1915, born in Vitebsk province village Lesnay under the order of the National Commissioner of Military affairs on January, 20th this year. It is dismissed from military service with delivery from the state of money and the foodstuffs. It is certified by a press and the signature.

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