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According to the personal decree announced in the Order of the Military Department No. 6 of 01/08/1872 “On changing double-breasted uniforms with 6 and 8 buttons into single-breasted ones, with 8 buttons on the side, for generals, headquarters and chief -officers and lower ranks, as well as civilian ranks and doctors of the military department” (Complete collection of laws of the Russian Empire, Second Collection, No. 50393 of 01/08/1872). There was a change in the appearance of the uniform of a number of military personnel of the Russian Imperial Army.

The photo shows an officer’s uniform made of dark green cloth.

Embroidery on the collar, cuffs and shoulder straps are not included in the price.

Wearing loose trousers was a thing of the past, in connection with this, in 1881, shortened trousers, uniform for all types of army infantry uniforms, adapted for constant wear inside the tops of boots, were introduced.

Shortened infantry harem pants of the 1881 model, made of untufted cloth. In the guards and army dragoon units, piping was made along the outer side seams from the applied cloth assigned to the unit.

A.V. Aranovich V.A. Bezrodin

The uniform of the Russian imperial army of the late XIX – early XX century.