Hello comrads!
I have bought this gymanasterka fot a very (very) low price. Can someone tell me if it is a war period tunic or a post war tunic? Thank you for your help.
Hello comrads!
I have bought this gymanasterka fot a very (very) low price. Can someone tell me if it is a war period tunic or a post war tunic? Thank you for your help.
IMO, the gymasterka itself seems tailored to make it 1940s / early 50s - Also, I have seen the larger (18MM or so) buttons commonly used on these in photos from that period.
However, the crude wound badge is an addition made more recently - IMO again, of course...
"Wartime" in this genre, is a very difficult pinpoint to detect.
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Are the buttons dated at all (on the reverse)?
Hello; I do not have a good picture. The button have no date and no marks. They look like war period buttons in two parts . I try to take a picture.
Buttons can be changed... This especially applies to the 13MM type on most gymnasterka.
In this case, they are the 18MM type originally intended for use on shoulder-boards. I myself have never come across a specimen that was marked.
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Thanks Mike!
Yes, to clarify: 18MM type originally intended for use on shoulder-boards. I myself have never come across a specimen OF THAT TYPE (the type affixed to the gymnasterka in question) that were marked.
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This gymnasterka was sold on Ebay ??
The seller did not want other pictures, the answer is here in my opinion ! !
Gentlemen
In December of 1942 Stalin approved shoulder boards and shoulder boards buttons. Those buttons had classical design without a rim and with a loop stamped into back of a brass. But due to equipment shortage manufacturer was capable to produced such buttons in limited quantities thus this type of design was used mostly for manufacturing of generals and admirals buttons with limited number of buttons with the star. For mass production another type with a rim and flat bottom was developed. In 1946 new design without a rim was approved and put in production. Year of manufacturing start appearing on the back of the buttons almost a decade later.
P.S. By the way this type of fabric went into production in fifties.
Last edited by vvadim; 05-25-2010 at 08:03 PM.
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