POW diaries - Captain Percival Lowe, item 23

• June 19, 2017 14:28:37 L G

  X [in red ink] A short discription of the Russian Uniform [insert] etc [/insert] may not be out of place [in red ink]

     [in red ink] here :- [/in red ink]

  The Russian use a kind of kharki of a pinky shade. They wear

  their badges of rank on their shoulder straps. These are some

  -what complicated, roughly the more stars, the more junior.

  They generally wear their great coats without putting their arms

  in the sleeves. Their field service cap is much like ours

  being however much higher from peak to crown & has a 

  common badge. They also wear sheepskin caps in the

  winter. They wear a loose short tunic with a little

  belt round their waiste. Their boots are made of excellent

  leather & are of the riding variety, even in the

  infantry. Their mounted  branches love to wear their

  spurs. They are eternally shaking hands, & on

  certain occasions kiss one another.

  If one is at all friendly with them, it ^[insert] is [/insert] thus as well not

  to be found on their feasts days. Of these they have

  many. The Czar would appear to have two birthdays.

  They keep their Christmas day and ours which never

  co-incide. For some reason their Easter is the same

  as ours, or chanced to be in 1916. before that date

  feasts were streng verboden.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• June 17, 2017 17:38:50 Annick Rodriguez

  X [in red ink] A short discription of the Russian Uniform [insert] etc [/insert] may not be out of place [in red ink]

     [in red ink] here :- [/in red ink]

  The Russian use a kind of kharki of a pinky shade. They wear

  their badges of rank on their shoulder straps. These are some

  -what complicated, roughly the more stars, the more junior.

  They generally wear their great coats without putting their arms

  in the sleeves. Their field service cap is much like ours

  being however much higher from peak to crown & has a 

  common badge. They also wear sheepskin caps in the

  winter. They wear a look short tunic with a little

  belt round their waiste. Their boots are made of excellent

  leather & are of the riding variety, even in the

  infantry. Their mounted  branches love to wear their

  spurs. They are eternally shaking hands, & on

  certain occasions kiss one another.

  If one is at all friendly with them, it ^[insert] is [/insert] thus as will not

  to be found on their feasts days. Of these they have

  many. The Czar would appear to have two birthdays.

  They keep their Christmas day and ours which never

  co-incide. For some reason their Easter is the same

  as ours, or chanced to be in 1916. before that date

  feasts were strong verboden.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• June 17, 2017 17:35:40 Annick Rodriguez

  X [in red ink] A short discription of the Russian Uniform [insert] etc [/insert] may not be out of place [in red ink]

     [in red ink] here :- [/in red ink]

  The Russian use a kind of kharki of a pinky shade. They wear

  their badges of rank on their shoulder straps. These are some

  -what complicated, roughly the more stars, the more junior.

  They generally wear their great coats without putting their arms

  in the sleeves. Their field service cap is much like ours

  being however much higher from peak to crown & has a 

  common badge. They also wear sheepskin caps in the

  winter. They wear a look short tunic with a little

  belt round their waiste. Their boots are made of excellent

  leather & are of the riding variety, even in the

  infantry. Their mounted  branches love to wear their

  spurs. They are eternally shaking hands, & on

  certain occasions kiss one another.

  If one is at all friendly with them, it ^[insert] is 

  
  

  
  

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