Courier service/special communications cap?

Al-muell · 03-13-2017, 05:53 AM

This dark blue cap was a part of a larger headwear lot I purchesed last year.
It seems to be a visor cap for the courrier service.
The only information I have found are here:
http://www.vedomstva-uniforma.ru/mun...vaz/index.html
indicating it's Latvian "special communications"
and here:
http://undertheredstar.com/Communications.htm
- I have tried to contact the author but no luck.
The cap itself seems to be some sort of authentic soviet-made visor cap from 1970. It has standard Army buttons.
Any thoughts?

***CtahhR*** · 03-13-2017, 06:13 AM

It seems to be an original 1949 (introduced) cockade of the Department Of Special Communications Under The Soviet Of Ministers Of The Latvian SSR - nothing to do with NKVD nor junior to it - directly under the ministers.

As for the cap? Somehow I doubt such a small department was making its own caps so they used an ample supply.

Al-muell · 03-13-2017, 06:30 AM

But the articleindicates that there should be also the star cocageon the cap'scrown. Also, it suggests that the cap should have black band. I know that it was quite common that non-military caps had different colours than they should, but still I have some doubts about the cap.

***CtahhR*** · 03-13-2017, 06:40 AM

The cap is "questionable" but not flat out wrong.

A strong source and provenance would make it less questionable, as usual.

03-13-2017, 06:13 AM	#2
*CtahhR* Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep In The Archives. Age: 17 Posts: 12,074	Re: Courier service/special communications cap? It seems to be an original 1949 (introduced) cockade of the Department Of Special Communications Under The Soviet Of Ministers Of The Latvian SSR - nothing to do with NKVD nor junior to it - directly under the ministers. As for the cap? Somehow I doubt such a small department was making its own caps so they used an ample supply. __________________ "Signed with his own rubber stamp"

03-13-2017, 06:30 AM	#3
Al-muell Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Wrocław, Poland Posts: 1,828	Re: Courier service/special communications cap? But the articleindicates that there should be also the star cocageon the cap'scrown. Also, it suggests that the cap should have black band. I know that it was quite common that non-military caps had different colours than they should, but still I have some doubts about the cap.

03-13-2017, 06:40 AM	#4
*CtahhR* Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep In The Archives. Age: 17 Posts: 12,074	Re: Courier service/special communications cap? The cap is "questionable" but not flat out wrong. A strong source and provenance would make it less questionable, as usual. __________________ "Signed with his own rubber stamp"

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