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Ron	09/17/09	10	10	10	10	Definitive answer to a scarce vintage uniform .....
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Recent Answers from Francesco Marchesani

2008-11-07 Can you help identify this uniform please:

Hello, the uniform is Russian, belonging to an infantry regiment's NCO or soldier; see these pictures for comparison: http://www.belygorod.ru/img2/RusArmy/1862/Used/0OberOficIUnterOficLeybGrRGB.jpg

2008-05-27 miliatry history:

Hello, the use of dog tags was permitted by the US War Department in December 1906; subsequent regulations made dog tags compulsory in 1916, and in 1918 the army service number system was created: number

2008-05-17 military uniform:

Hello, it's not easy to identify an uniform without a picture, however I would say it reminds me a Bavarian uniform of the second half of the 19th century: can you give a look at these pictures, expecially

2007-02-18 Military 'V' / '>' Symbols:

Hello, the chevron, as the V symbol is called, is an architectural term denoting the rafters of a roof meeting an angle at the upper apex. The chevron in heraldry was employed as a badge of honor to mark

2006-11-09 Military history:

Hello, There are a few recorded attempts at uniform dress in antiquity: one example is the Spanish infantry of Hannibal which wore white tunics with crimson edgings. Another is the Spartan hoplite in