Emblems on the buttonholes of the infantry units of the Red Army mod. 1940. USSR, replica.

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Emblems on the buttonholes of the Red Army infantry of 1940. Loop emblems with the image of two crossed rifles with bayonets on the background of a target.
Copy of very high quality, made by stamp, almost completely repeats the original.

The price is for a pair.

The most “mysterious” Soviet loop emblem – the emblem of the infantry in the form of crossed rifles on the background of the target. The fact is that historians uniformists still do not have accurate data on its introduction and wearing.
It is known that most of the Soviet loop emblems trace their lineage from special signs on the epaulettes and epaulettes, introduced in the Russian Imperial Army in 1910. Then they were given to almost all branches of the army and military specialties – grenadier artillery, pontoon battalions, anyone – except the main branches of the army: infantry and cavalry.
After the revolution, which entailed the abolition of all “old-regime” insignia, in 1922 the RVSR establishes new special emblems to be worn on the buttonholes. Two years later another reform is carried out: all official insignia are transferred from sleeves to buttonholes, all “old” buttonhole insignia of the branches of troops are abolished and new “specialty insignia” are introduced. Infantry and cavalry lose their buttonhole insignia. And in 1936, the “old” signs are again canceled, introduced new (now it is “signs-emblems of branches of troops and services”), and among them again no emblems of infantry and cavalry.
The infantry emblem we are considering was introduced by the Order of the NCO of July 26, 1940. However, the Order mentions junior and middle commanders, and from it is not quite clear whether the Red Army and junior commanders wore this emblem (judging by the very rare pre-war photos – still did). Much more often in the photo this emblem is found in persons from junior lieutenant to major, but no photo of a general with this emblem is known to this day.
In general, in photos infantry emblem – a great rarity: apparently, it had time to introduce, but did not have time to produce in sufficient quantities before the outbreak of war.
With the introduction of epaulettes in 1943, the infantry again lost its emblem: crossed rifles on the background of a target were never worn on the epaulettes.
A new emblem (the image of a five-pointed star in a laurel wreath) appeared in the infantry only in 1955. It was called “rifle troops” and soon received the status of “general military emblem”. At the end of the existence of the Soviet Union, its joking name in the soldier’s environment – “sitting in the bushes and waiting for the Hero”.

Emblems on the buttonholes of the infantry units of the Red Army mod. 1940. USSR, replica.

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