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[Olympian1010 7,971]

@Dmitry So the cap has a pin from Moscow, was made in Nizhny Novgorod, features a pin from Novgorod, and somehow made its way to the 1974 Ukrainian Spartakiad. That’s so awesome. I really need to dig, and figure out how I came to be in possession of this.

[Dmitry 92]

46 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

It could be Cyrillic, but it looks modified from the Cyrillic I’m familiar with (which is very little obviously).

Looks like a stylized Early Cyrillic alphabet.

[Dmitry 92]

10 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

@Dmitry So the cap has a pin from Moscow, was made in Nizhny Novgorod, features a pin from Novgorod, and somehow made its way to the 1974 Ukrainian Spartakiad. That’s so awesome. I really need to dig, and figure out how I came to be in possession of this.

 

The biggest pin on the cap is the coat of arms of Russia in general. The cap was made in Knyaginino, about 100 km from Nizhny Novgorod.

[Olympian1010 7,971]

Well, if the cap was made in 1985 (assuming that’s what the 85 means), the 1974 Spartakiad pin is a even bigger mystery then.

 

The cap is very nice quality by the way. It was clearly made to last. It would be quite warm in the winter I think.

Edited January 29, 2020 by Olympian1010

[Vojthas 949]

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

I thought the double eagle was more of a Polish/Austrian thing

How THE FUCKING HELL did you thought of "Polish double eagle"?

[Olympian1010 7,971]

19 minutes ago, Vojthas said:

How THE FUCKING HELL did you thought of "Polish double eagle"?

It’s the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Poland. I can’t wait to find out how wrong I am 

[Dmitry 92]

2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

 

 

Here are some corps emblems for the uniforms of Soviet Army. 

Aviation                                                               Signal          

                                      Military Topography

Construction Forces                                           Ground Forces in general (or maybe a sign only administrative military men)

[bestmen 2,817]

Earthquake 7.7 Cuba/Miami 

 

[bestmen 2,817]

Tsunami is coming to Jamaica 

[Monzanator 4,495]

6 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

It’s the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Poland. I can’t wait to find out how wrong I am 

 

Double-headed Eagle is a tradition to Orthodox countries and the former Holy Roman Empire (aka the First Reich). Austria retained it after the HRE folded amid the Napoleonic wars.

 

Obviously Poland never adopted the Double-headed Eagle as its coat of arms so you are totally wrong here (not for the first time when it comes to Polish history). On the scale 0 to 100 I give you 0

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Poland