The cavalry continued to wear this cap for field, service and dress/parade wear until cavalry units were disbanded around 1950.Īfter that date, although the MVD and Border Guards kept some small operational cavalry detachments, the Army downsized to a single ceremonial unit in Moscow.Ĭaps from this ceremonial unit are described in my "Army 1969-1991" section. However, colors were unified in 1929, with all cavalry adopting the combination shown here: a khaki crown with "cornflower" blue band and black piping. Pilotkas (also called "envelope" or overseas caps) remained the standard for soldier field and everyday wear.ĭuring the 1920s, Soviet cavalry caps were truly kaleidoscopic with each regiment and brigade/divisional headquarters and artillery formations having its own unique combination of crown, band and piping colors.Ī chart published in the Russian uniform magazine "Zeughaus" and illustrated here shows this array. Parade caps worn by the common soldier and sergeants remained exactly like those authorized - but seldom worn - during WWII. The crowns of these caps were relatively small and round, with a low rise in the front.Īmong the few changes introduced towards the end of the immediate post-war period was the authorization of brass leaves on visors of officers' parade caps and allowing those same officers to wear white-topped caps in the summer. These caps were also characterized by spade-shaped (or square edged) visors, although rounded (semi-circular) visors were also worn infrequently, especially by those would could afford to M35 caps began the practice of identifying the wearer's arm or service (or branch) by differing band and piping colors. Soviet Army caps of the immediate post-war period were largely identical to caps worn during World War Two although close examination (when possible) does showĮvolving changes to cloth, buttons and stars in the early post-war period.Įxcept for the soft khaki field caps introduced in 1941, these capsĪre all generally referred to as "Model 1935" (M35) - indicating the year in which this style was authorized. Clicking on that thumbnail will bring up a larger, higher resolution image. In most cases, I have placed these caps according to the uniform period in which they were first introduced.Ī thumbnail image accompanies each cap description. However, certain uniform elements (including caps) often extended into succeeding uniform regulations.
All caps on this page were worn during this period.
Due to the large number of caps in this category, I have subdivided the Army cap section into the four uniform periods described on my Uniform Periods page to the left.
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