Hi All,
Picked this up today to add to my Cold War display.
An early NVA Airforce officers Ushanka. A very small size 53.
It's always interesting to see how close the NVA insignia followed on from Wartime Germany.
I hope you all enjoy,
Matt
Hi All,
Picked this up today to add to my Cold War display.
An early NVA Airforce officers Ushanka. A very small size 53.
It's always interesting to see how close the NVA insignia followed on from Wartime Germany.
I hope you all enjoy,
Matt
Much of the DDR uniform and insignia did resemble the TR equivalents but my feeling is that this had more to do with promoting the German military image and national identity than the TR itself. Look further back to WWI for clarity. After the war the East Germans did initially use some old wartime stock as well for economical reasons. As for the imagery their ethos was "we are the real true Germans, those in the west are American puppets" ( they had that spectacularly wrong, but that's politics) whilst in the GFR there was a concerted effort to avoid anything that resembled the TR or was even militaristic in any way. Many of the Bundeswehr formal or dress uniform have tended to look like lounge suits with badges because of this.
As for the Ushanka (Russian word, German would originally have been Pelzmuetze) I picked up a selection of these both DDR and Soviet from the different arms of service. I must dig them out for a family photo
Regards
Mark
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
Hi Both,
Jack, thanks for sharing your OR variation.
And Mark, it'd be nice to see your examples and thanks for the correction on the word.
Matt
Best Regards Matt
On the look out for original ww2 M26 Adrian helmet liner.
Hello,
Something funny about this type of headgear off topic...
Official name = winter fur hat (Winterfellmütze)
In the troops she was unofficially
called “Bear Cunt”.
Sorry....
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