Shoulderbords and Ranks for High Ranking Officers

[Carol I]

Prussia - Marshal - 1909

(King Carol I of Romania - MNIR exhibition)

[Gordon Craig]

To carry on from the Hungarian Generals shoulder boards that Speedytop posted, here is a generals shoulderboard as worn during the Hungarian Peoples Republic (HUPR) and for two years after the change of regime in 1989.

[Carol I]

A general-major of the Soviet Union, from a recent auction.

[speedytop]

Marshal of the Soviet Union, not original.

Correction after the hint from Chen in Post 31

Edited May 7, 2017 by speedytop

[Carol I]

Rear Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy, from a recent auction

[Marshal_S_U]

speedytop, Hello! Nice shoulder boards of Marshal of SU for shirt and for winter overcoat, but the last pair for the parade tunic is bad fake. Anyway, nice collection you do have!!

Regards

Chen

[speedytop]

Hi Chen,

thank you for the hint, because I must correct myself.

The shoulder boards in Post 17 are from Marshal of SU Golikov, not the shoulder boards in Post 29!

I got a nice set from Golikov:

Uwe

[Marshal_S_U]

Wonderful set！！！！ My congratulations！

And maybe I can show my collection

Service Tunic of marshal of artillery Vasiliy Ivanovich Kazakov

Tunic of General of army Vladlen Mikhailovich Mikhailov， last director of GRU of General Staff