Original Soviet WWII NKVD People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs M24 Peaked Visor With Cap Device
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Original Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic example of a WWII Soviet issued M24 visor cap as worn by the NKVD People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs. The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union.
Established in 1917 as NKVD of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the agency was originally tasked with conducting regular police work and overseeing the country's prisons and labor camps. It was disbanded in 1930, with its functions being dispersed among other agencies, only to be reinstated as an all-union commissariat in 1934.
The cap body is made of blue colored cloth with a wine-red cap band. The square black visor is made of black colored Vulcan fiber. Black leather chin strap is attached with two brass buttons, one to each side which are pinned in place. The upper edge of the cap has raspberry-red colored piping made of wool, denoting service in a NKVD unit. To the front center of the Red colored cap band is a Soviet Red Star pinned in place. The star shows intact enamel works and is made of ferrous metal.
The interior of the cap is gray service cloth, with a gray oilcloth sweatband, which is in good used condition. There is a maker mark on the crown of the cap, however it is faded and not entirely legible. It is also in cyrillic, and all we can make out is Москва, for manufacture in the capital of Moscow. No size stamp is visible.
A lovely example ready for further research and display.
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