Descripción
Origen:Gallego por JCM Visor cuadrado
NKVD/MVD/NKGB/MGB
Officer/Soldier Service/Parade
1939-1954
This cap remained unchanged from 1935 (when the spade-shaped visor became standard) until the blue topped caps were abolished in 1954. Only the one-piece brass coated steel and enamel star and internal markings date its manufacture probably to post-1938. The cap top is in “cornflower” blue napped wool – first adopted by convoy troops of the GPU (a component of the NKVD at the time) in 1923/24 as its defining uniform color – thus resulting in the nickname “blue tops” among the Soviet population. The band of these caps was rust brown/maroon (in Russian, the name of this color translates as nettle) and the piping is magenta. However, it takes a close look to differentiate the difference between these last two colors. Above the squared-off (or spade-shaped) fiberboard visor is a normal black oilcloth strap held in place by two stamped Army-style gilt buttons (heavily tarnished in this case). All officers and enlisted personnel wore this same cap for both everyday and parade duties. Note the crown is relatively small – both in circumference and in height – which was standard for caps produced before 1969.
