Collect Russia Winter Uniform of the GRU (Soviet Military Intelligence) Spetsnaz, size 52-5, <i>dated 1977 / 76</i>. Soviet Russian

M/1954 dress winter coat for a major general of the Soviet armed forces. This wool coat was introduced in 1954 for all general and marshal ranks and authorized to wear with gray shoulder boards in the 1959 regulations. Prior to this year, the shoulder boards for these coats were golden parade boards.

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Found online; was unable to find source. Era variably listed as 1942 or sometime in the 60s.