I think it is a museum reconstitution. However it is an interesting piece. The plaque is from the plastic pattern. I've seen this 2 weeks ago at the Victory Museum in Moscow.
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They have real examples at the Border Troops Museum in Moscow and the Museum of the Border Guards in Kiev; I think I have pics, I'll see if i can dig them up. They would look great in the back yard. -
I missed that one last week. Where is it located in Moscow?Originally posted by DougDComment
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The one in Kiev is right near the WWII museum and the "steel wench", you can go right in. The Moscow one is much larger and more well done with some great displays. I am not sure the address; its not a "walk-in" museum, we had to get special permission well in advance to get in, but it was worth it. I'll see if i can find the brochure they gave us, it might have the address.-DDComment
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Soviet, what does the green colour on, the post stand for ??? something like Green = border troops ?Comment
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No idea Olivier!
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Green is indeed the official color of the Russian Border Troops--you can tell them apart from the other Russian services by the green piping on their epaulets, caps, etc. In fact, they're sometimes still referred to as the 'green caps' in Russian because of the formerly green-colored peaked visor caps they once wore.
I'm not sure if the green stripe on the border post necessarily represents this; taken with the alternating red stripe, it could signifiy something such as the region in which the post came from (for example, the old Belarussian border, since Belarus' official colors today are green&red).
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Btw, green is the official colour of most (all ?) former Eastern Block border troops...Originally posted by Gaffken View PostComment
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