collector86: Shoulderboard of Marshal of the Soviet Union. USSR Marshal was the highest rank in the

collector86:

Shoulderboard of Marshal of the Soviet Union. USSR Marshal was the highest rank in the Red Army and only 41 people were awarded to this rank (Stalin was also promoted to Generallisimus, but even after that was wearing Marshal’s uniform). I bought this shoulderboard at the military exhibition. The material and quality says it was made by TsEPK43 (a Moscow factory which made uniform for Stalin, Brezhnev, Gagarin, Budenny, etc). However this shoulderboard is a “novodel” made by the same people from the same materials in 1990’s - means no Soviet Marshal even wore it.