Pattern 69 , troop / nco
Chinstrap is incorrect but this cap is genuine , Zarnitsa factory / Kalinin dated 89 .
Thanks!
I am not surprised about the chinstrap at all as it was the primary reason I thought the whole cap was fake. I am pleased to hear that some of it could be genuine.
What about the stars holding the chinstrap? They look pretty cheap and I can't find any other visor cap with them...
Hello,
The little stars are subdued field use for the forage cap, panama slouch hat or the visor cap with earflps, usually 70´´ or 80´´ vintage.
The strap is not faked is late 80´´ quality officers type. What is incorrect is the matching with other ranks star-and-wreath insignia.
You can either replace the chinstrap for a black celluloid one either you can replace the insignia with an officers cockade.
These compositions were -and are common- with caps offered to tourists
Hello,
These chinstraps are much encountered on caps made in Ukraine about 1990 / 1991. Consisting of a yellow silky rayon type thread. If it was regulation or just an <<ersatz>> measure to save costs is something I cannot tell.
It seems also that velvet was only permitted for other services apart from Armoured Troops and thus was not the rule for Artillery. I have never seen this printed on the 1969 regulation (but may be it exists, I am not 100 per cent sure).
I dont collect so late postwar items... but I have a friend who has an infantry Ukrainian cap (soviet type M1969 construction with red band but Ukrainian trident cockade and buttons, same interior with the small white
tag). If I can make a pic I'll post.
I enclose this posting from ebay I ve just found. very much like my friend´´s:
UKRAINIAN ARMY OFFICER PARADE VISOR HAT CAP | eBay
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