References: Prototypes, transitional and ephemeral uniforms
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A general gorget with maple leaves instead of oak leaves:
it doesn't appear on any regulation chart I could find and this is the only example of it I have seen. Could it be a custom made item made for a canadian general ?
it doesn't appear on any regulation chart I could find and this is the only example of it I have seen. Could it be a custom made item made for a canadian general ?
I was gonna say. It practically screams Operation Anchorage.
It also reminded me a bit of the Russo-Mongolian dudes from Iron Storm :
To also add something meaningful to the thread, here's a Czechoslovak People's Army hat prototype I found over at forum.csla.cz :
It was sold at an auction of military stuff some time ago. Here's the translation of the description given at the auction (provided by the member of that disussion board who posted the thread) :
So, if you'd ever write a story or TL set in communist era Czechoslovakia, maybe you could have the soldiers running around in these caps.
It was sold at an auction of military stuff some time ago. Here's the translation of the description given at the auction (provided by the member of that disussion board who posted the thread) :
So, if you'd ever write a story or TL set in communist era Czechoslovakia, maybe you could have the soldiers running around in these caps.
Soviet soldiers in body armour used for urban warfare during the Great Patriotic War. (This particular photo is probably staged, since the poses of the gunner and the flamethrowerman look a bit over-dramatic.)
Finnish soldier in captured Soviet body armour (The Winter War).
Wehrmacht soldier in captured Soviet body armour.
The German "Peacetime Army" was the name given to to its armed forced during a period covering roughly the paris peace conference works. It lasted a little less then 5 months and sought to "deprussified" itself by using cuff rings instead of the epaulettes. Following the treaty of versaille, the general staff was abolished and a slightly different set of cuffrings were introduced with the topmost rank being oberst (colonel). Epaulettes were eventualy reintroduced.
This was a cool thread, it serves to give inspiration so I hope this necro is worth it.
http://www.militaryimages.net/imagehost/images/Matzos/fighting51st_600x434.jpg
http://www.militaryimages.net/imagehost/images/Matzos/fighting51st_600x434.jpg
Like petike said. Quite honnestly, I think its probably better to keep adding to this one then starting a new one every few months if there are no entries.
now, what part of the uniform warrant its inclusion ? (not an expert in british uniforms)
if you mean the fact they have tam o'shanters, maybe put it in the "looks like alternate reality but isn't" instead. If people simply post pics of uniforms they find cool in this thread, it might make it harder to find something.
prototype of a uniform for an air force marshal of the USSR. It was meant to be worn for the Victory parade but for some reason, wasn't.
SS armbands
the armband insignias adopted by the SS in 1926. The number of ranks increased rapidly during the same year and except for the reichfuhrer, was abandonned in favour of collar pips and leaves in the following years.
the armband insignias adopted by the SS in 1926. The number of ranks increased rapidly during the same year and except for the reichfuhrer, was abandonned in favour of collar pips and leaves in the following years.
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On the topic of French uniforms wouldn't a darker color of the original be acceptable? I've thought about having a TL in which the french use uniforms with dark blue overcoats(like dark blue denim jeans) and dark rust colored pants. I think that such colors would provide good camo in warzones such as no-mans-land and at night time.
SS collar patches
Though Himmler seemed more then happy at gaining control of non-german volunteer units and bring them within the Waffen SS, he was adamant that they (especialy the non-aryans) never wear the SS runes. For this reason, a number of special collar patches were designed for the various units though probably to make it seem like less of a snub, it was presented as a "privilege" given them.
Some of the patches never made it past the design stage while other were actualy produced but never issued due to wartime circumstances or the unit having stopped existing (or in the first case, never formed in the first place).
Below are some of those patches with the name of the units they were meant for (images collected from various sources).
Though Himmler seemed more then happy at gaining control of non-german volunteer units and bring them within the Waffen SS, he was adamant that they (especialy the non-aryans) never wear the SS runes. For this reason, a number of special collar patches were designed for the various units though probably to make it seem like less of a snub, it was presented as a "privilege" given them.
Some of the patches never made it past the design stage while other were actualy produced but never issued due to wartime circumstances or the unit having stopped existing (or in the first case, never formed in the first place).
Below are some of those patches with the name of the units they were meant for (images collected from various sources).
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