Soviet My Shoulderboard Collection

[Riley1965]

1. Master Sgt. What branch is it?

Doc

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2. Sgt Boards. What branch Please.

Doc

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3. Major's boards. Parachute Regiment?

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4. Major General of Medical Service. What Branch Please?

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5. PRAPORSHCHIK (WARRANT OFFICER). What Branch?

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6. Senior Officer of Medical Service. Unfortunately there is only one.

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7. Artillery or Medical?

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8. MSGT What is this?

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9. Navy Sr Officer?

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10. 6-sided Artillery or Medical?

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Shoulderboards for shirts.

1. Artillery?

[Riley1965]

2. same as #1 but for Sr Officer. Artllery or Medical?

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3. AIR FORCE SR OFFICE SHIRT BOARD

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4. What is this?

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5. MSGT what Branch?

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6. MSGT WHITE SHIRT BOARD

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW

Doc

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[Riley1965]

Any help for these boards? Rick? Somebody? What country are the rouded boards from? Please, I need your help.

Doc

[Riley1965]

Rick and Jim Z,

You are the Club Hosts for this section. I'm asking for your help in the section you are responsible for Please.

Doc

[Riley1965]

Hello Rick,

I really need your help with these shoulderboards, Please. There have been 53 views of this thread but no response. Please help me.

Doc

[Guest Rick Research]

Even we don't know everything!

You've got a major haul of Khrushev era insignia.

1) Circa late 1950s Technical Sergeant in the MVD Interior Troops (if there WERE technical troops in the army infantry, could also be that, but don't think there were)

2) ?????

3) Very indeed late 1950s infantry Major with parachute troops. At that time, parachute troops wore branch insignia from which the officer/men came. I've got an engineer officer's parachute troops sleev diamond posted somwhere. Check for a date on the bottom-- often under the slip on tongue.

4) ??? what do bottoms look like

5) recent as worn generically by all army personnel-- only collar tabs would show branch

6) late 1950s infantry

7) depending on whether there is a manufacturer's date stamp on the bottom as a clue, either late 1950s armor/artillery or recent all branchs army

8) ????

9) 1950s technical engineers army

10) Civil police ("Militia") M1947 used until 1965

11) Civil police (Militia) junior officers M1969+

12) Civil police (militia) senior officers M1969+

13) yes, but what do the bottoms look like? The ends nearest the neck are rather odd looking here. Often new 4 sided boards are "retrofitted" by snipping the neck ends into earlier pointed styles.

14) ?????

15) Civil police (Militia) M1969

16) ????

The medical Major General up there baffles me-- it appears to be WHITE (not bullion metallic?) fully patterned... normally shirt boards are just basic outlines. I've never seen Generals' boards dated, but officers and enlisted men's often are, with maker and size stamps underneath.

[Riley1965]

Hello Rick,

Many Thanks for the help!!! I really appreciate the help!!!

Doc

[Greg Collins]

Doc,

The boards in post #14 appear to be early East German- boards for a 1952-56 Kasernierte Volkspolizei (KVP) Luft "Gefreiter" or, in English, a Barracked Peoples' Air Police Private First Class.

[Riley1965]

Doc,

The boards in post #14 appear to be early East German- boards for a 1952-56 Kasernierte Volkspolizei (KVP) Luft "Gefreiter" or, in English, a Barracked Peoples' Air Police Private First Class.

Hello Greg,

Thank you!! But now I'm confused At another forum a Russian told me that they were for a militia starshina.

Doc

[Greg Collins]

Doc,

I'm not going to say the other guy is wrong, but the overall shape of the board (thinner than the other Russian rounded-top boards) is more German than Russian and the rank pattern (such as it is here) is more German than Russian (stripe would be higher on the board). Still, it could be a coincidental similarity; especially when taking militias into account. Also, at that particular point in the GDR's history, a lot (if not all) of uniform supplies were coming from the USSR- a militia could have made use out of leftover, unused supplies at a later date.

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[Riley1965]

<!--quoteo(post=356375:date=Jul 18 2009, 14:13 :name=Greg Collins)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Greg Collins @ Jul 18 2009, 14:13 ) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=356375"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Doc,

I'm not going to say the other guy is wrong, but the overall shape of the board (thinner than the other Russian rounded-top boards) is more German than Russian and the rank pattern (such as it is here) is more German than Russian (stripe would be higher on the board). Still, it could be a coincidental similarity; especially when taking militias into account. Also, at that particular point in the GDR's history, a lot (if not all) of uniform supplies were coming from the USSR- a militia could have made use out of leftover, unused supplies at a later date.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Hello Greg,

The more I look at it and here your descriptions I must agree with you. The thin stripe and position of it is definately what I would not consider Soviet. I'll move it to my small DDR collection. Thanks for your help.

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