My Soviet Hat Collection

[malinovsky]

Here's my collection.



Motorized Rifle General Parade Dress model 1969. Made in 1980



Army Honor Guard Officer Parade model 1971. Made in 1988



Army Officer Field model 1958. Made in 1968



Army Officer Field model 1969. Made in 1988



Motorized Rifle Warrent Officer Service model 1972. Made in 1982



Army General Field model 1969. Made in 1983



Motorized Rifle Officer Parade model 1969. Made in 1986



Motorized Rifle private, sergeant Parade model 1969. Made in 1990



Motorized Rifle Officer Service model 1969. Made in 1989



MVD Officer Parade model 1969. Made in 1988



MVD Officer service model 1969. Made in 1982



Navy Officer Summer Service Model 1975. Made in 1989



Navy Officer Winter Service Model 1975. Made in 1984



Navy Officer Winter Service Model 1969. Made in 1972



Soviet Merchant Marine River Fleet Junior Command Staff Model 1969. Made in 1988



Post Soviet- cadet hat, Navy Academy named after Admiral Makarov. Made in the early 1990's.



Soviet Navy enlisted/sailor hat. North Fleet model 1969. Made in 1988



Soviet Navy enlisted/sailor hat. Baltic Fleet model 1969. Made in 1980



Militsiya (police) Officer model 1969. Made in 1989



Militsiya (police) Officer summer model 1969. Made in 1986



Militsiya (police) Officer model 1969. Made in 1985



Ukraine - Militsiya (police) officer. Made in the 2000's



Officer Border Guards Model 1969. Made in 1988. Visor and inside of hat indicates it was specially made for a high ranking Border Guard officer such as a colonel.



Border Guard enlisted model 1969. Made in 1970



Border Guard officer model 1969. Made in 1986



Russia - Infantry officer hat. Late 1990's early 2000's.



Russia - MVD officer hat. Made in 1994



Tanks, Artillary Officer Parade model 1969. Made in 1976



Tanks, Artillary Officer everyday service model 1969. Made in 1988



Tanks, Artillary enlisted everyday service model 1969. Made in early 1990's



Air Force enlisted model 1955. Made in 1968



General Airborne troops field service model 1969. Made in 1982



Air Force enlisted model 1969. Made in 1987



Air Force Officer Service Model 1975. Made in 1989



Air Force Officer Parade Model 1969. Made in 1988



Air Force Officer Service Model 1969. Made in 1973



KGB Officer Parade Model 1969. Made in 1986



KGB Officer service Model 1969. Made in 1985



KGB Officer Parade "Zhukov" model 1955. Made in 1956



Motorized Rifle General Service model 1969. Made in 1974



General Service model 1980. Made in 1990

[RichieC]

Hello and welcome to our forum.

The usual subjects discussed here are pertaining to earlier stuff. I would think it quite enlightening if you would break down your display and give us a bit of a description on each of these nice examples...

[malinovsky]

Thanks RichieC.
I edited my post now the pictures have captions.

undertheredstar.com a great site which I consulted before buying most of my hats. The creator of the site is a great guy who is always ready to help and knows a lot about soviet hats.

If anybody has any questions about my collection feel free to ask.

[SteveR]

That is a very nice collection friend.

[willie45]

A very nice collection, thanks for posting them.

Cheers, Willie.

[Jerry B]

A very comprehensive collection and well photographed. Thanks for showing the range and diversity of them.

[Bill T]

excellent collection. Thanks for sharing these, especially w/ descriptions

[Michael Ryan]

Hi Malinovski, First, may I congratulate you on a fine collection of what I considder to under rated military headdress, Russian and Soviet caps. Excellent contribution to our forum. Then I would like to welcome you into the fold and compliment you on your wise choice, this is, in my opinion the best forum on the subject so please keep posting your "stuff" and air your comments and opinion on others "stuff".

One question for you if I may? You show a Model 1969 General Officer's Field Service Cap. You refer to it as "Airborne" whilst I have labeled my cap of identical pattern "Air Force". Would you say that it is Army Airborne or do you think that it could also be Soviet Air Force?? I would appreciate your opinion.

Thank you for an excellent post and happy hunting!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards Michael Ryan

[malinovsky]

Thanks everybody for the great comments! Really makes me feel like part of the community.

[malinovsky]

One question for you if I may? You show a Model 1969 General Officer's Field Service Cap. You refer to it as "Airborne" whilst I have labeled my cap of identical pattern "Air Force". Would you say that it is Army Airborne or do you think that it could also be Soviet Air Force?? I would appreciate your opinion.

Hi Michael, in regards to the air force/airborne hat, I read about on a russian forum a while ago, don't remember which one. You are probably right though as I haven't been sure whether it was airborne or air force.

Thank you for the very nice message.