Russia, Soviet Union. A Soviet Air Force Colonel's Tunic, With Accoutrements Auction Archive Several names are decipherable

Several names are decipherable

jeweller marked on its reverse

Twenty-seven and a half months after being discharged

Corporal Aylward suffered a slight gun shot (shrapnel) wound to his left neck

Russia, Soviet Union. A Soviet Air Force Colonel's Tunic, With Accoutrements Auction Archive Several names are decipherableA well preserved Soviet Air Force Colonels tunic, constructed of heavy dark grey blue wool. It features a collar which transitions into double breast flaps. The collar is fully lined with dark blue wool piping, and flanked on each side by gilded bronze insignia consisting of Mechanized Troops badges trimmed with L shaped laurel leaf branches. Each shoulder is adorned with a board constructed of a dark blue wool base, overlaid by dual machine