Chris Boonzaier Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Has anyone seen one of these ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 I´ve never heard the word "Baschlik)...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BashlykI´d like to see a photo in wear... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Nope new for me....but after this they should be on eb*y soon....... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 I've only seen the winter hood and various head warmers under a helmet or cap. Here's a Russian prisoner (Tannenberg) Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Baschlik is the German spelling of Russian name for this type of headgear. It was normal winter issue for the Russian army. I have a Russian example. Hoss,Are you sure that is a WWI photo? Whatever he is wearing is nothing I have ever seen in WWI and it appears he is wearing it over a visored cap with stitching on the cloth brim. The Russians had no such cap in 1914 that I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Think it's a Budenovka, so I would have thought they'd be around W1. the 'visor' is part of it Chip.Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Eric,I thought that cap was a postwar thing adopted by the early communists. I've never heard of it being worn during WWI.Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 You're probably right Chip the image is from a foreign site with ref: Battle of Tannenberg. There looks to be a ghost of a star insig, and the buttons? the poor devil looks to be starving, I don't know much about them other than what's on the net (old folklore and all that). The company that would supply one's like Chris posts would probably sell them to anyone or any country imo. the garment trade.Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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