Soviet era headgear

This here is my collection of headgear from the Afghani conflict till the end of USSR period. So check it on out, I'm sure yall will be pleased. As yall will notice I will not have details for each item cause you're all Russian collectors and or fanatics, so yall should know this. Tho I will state that I haven't be collectin' for long so my item numbers isn't as mindblowin' as veteran collectors.
On the other hand the same can't be said about my vaaaast FunK collection. Cause I got more beats than a beach got sand, ya dig

Dates are stubbed, Ex: 89'

KGB Black fleet bezkozyrka


Left: Orig 87' Right: Repo


Right: Orig 85' Left: Orig 90' Note: the cord with silver end goes to the grey 85' helmet

SSh-68 is a Repo but ushanka is Orig 82'

Left: Syriyka Orig 86'



Save the best for last! !

Great stuff...Soviet headgear has always been interesting. Some odd designs

Your VDV beret to the left is in the modern Russian style. The VSR cap and panama you have are technically not Soviet era. Also the Berezerka pattern cap is not the Soviet style Spetsodezha cap worn by the KGB PV, instead it is a modern commercially produced item. Otherwise nice little collection you got!

Soviet_Kazimir wrote:Your VDV beret to the left is in the modern Russian style. The VSR cap and panama you have are technically not Soviet era. Also the Berezerka pattern cap is not the Soviet style Spetsodezha cap worn by the KGB PV, instead it is a modern commercially produced item. Otherwise nice little collection you got!

Actually the VSR is Soviet cause it was made in 1990 but handed out in mid-91'. The Soviets panama hat was influenced by the central american panama hat (not original name just a nickname that stuck) and came to use post WW1.

Technically VSR isn't a Soviet pattern as I have only seen sets dated 1991 the last year of the Soviet Union. If the SU lasted longer sure it would of been issued but the reality is its really a post Soviet pattern. Almost all examples of VSR are 1992 and above,I am pretty sure your hats fall in that category. As for the panama I am well aware of its history I was just commenting that your VSR panama is a post Soviet item.

Soviet_Kazimir wrote:Technically VSR isn't a Soviet pattern as I have only seen sets dated 1991 the last year of the Soviet Union. If the SU lasted longer sure it would of been issued but the reality is its really a post Soviet pattern. Almost all examples of VSR are 1992 and above,I am pretty sure your hats fall in that category. As for the panama I am well aware of its history I was just commenting that your VSR panama is a post Soviet item.

Well I'm not gonna debate any futher on the ownership of VSR pattern so I'll just leave it at that. Tho I did misread the VSR panama hat part. Well actually that boonie hat with the VSR pattern was the one to replace the Soviet panama hat. It was adopted from the usa & nato boonie style hats. I orderd an orig one not to long ago, so I'll post it once I get it.

My new orig Soviet boonie hat made in 91'

Nice collection! You say the helmet is a "repro". What do you mean by that?

Yeah, VSR is generally considered a Russian pattern. Although it was designed at the very end of the Soviet Union as far as I know it wasn't manufactured until after the Soviet Union ceased to exist. I suppose one could say it is a Soviet camouflage pattern, but the items themselves should be considered Russian since they were not produced by the Soviet state. Much the same way DDR items produced after the DDR collapsed are not thought of as DDR even though they were made in the same factories from the same materials by (probably) the same workers.

Steve

CollectinSteve wrote:Nice collection! You say the helmet is a "repro". What do you mean by that?

Yeah, VSR is generally considered a Russian pattern. Although it was designed at the very end of the Soviet Union as far as I know it wasn't manufactured until after the Soviet Union ceased to exist. I suppose one could say it is a Soviet camouflage pattern, but the items themselves should be considered Russian since they were not produced by the Soviet state. Much the same way DDR items produced after the DDR collapsed are not thought of as DDR even though they were made in the same factories from the same materials by (probably) the same workers.

It's a collectors thing to abbreviate words like repo., for repoduction and Orig. & vtg. for original & vintage.

Good points but like I was saying I was only commenting on the pattern itself. Also like I was saying before VSR is soley a Soviet design because it was made in 1990. Tho there where only a handfull of uniforms made before the end of the USSR. It was first widley used and massproduced in 94' for the 1st Chechnya war. Tho I hear what you're sayin' with the DDR exsample.

Two new orig soviet headgear. The ushanka is size 58 as the other one is 60.

You mean the KLMK beret? Those are nice they usually come with the 2 piece KLMK sets that were made in the later half of the 80's. Some speculate it isn't really even meant to be worn as a beret and rather it was intended as a cover for visor caps.

Soviet_Kazimir wrote:You mean the KLMK beret? Those are nice they usually come with the 2 piece KLMK sets that were made in the later half of the 80's. Some speculate it isn't really even meant to be worn as a beret and rather it was intended as a cover for visor caps.

No sar, I ment the ushanka from the previous pic is an size 60. Tho you're right about the orig use of the beret, mine was made in 78'. Pluse the beret was more for style cause then most everyone just used the facemask.