Agree, both gym and boards are made of Lendlease fabric.
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WW2 Soviet Russian tunic - gymnasterka for Lieutenant of artillery
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I had to google `Lend-Lease`. Very interesting! I had never heard details about this and learned something new today.
From wikipedia:
Lend-Lease
was the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, Free France, and other Allied nations with materiel between 1941 and 1945. It was signed into law on March 11, 1941, a year and a half after the outbreak of World War II in Europe in September 1939 but nine months before the U.S. entered the war in December 1941. Formally titled An Act to Further Promote the Defense of the United States, the Act effectively ended the United States' pretense of neutrality.
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Russia's Life-Saver: Lend-Lease Aid to the U.S.S.R. in World War II
Equally important was Lend-Lease's contribution to transportation. It would have been impossible for the Red Army to move the masses of troops and supplies on the primitive roads to the front lines without American Studebaker trucks, which also served as the launching pads for the dreaded Soviet rocket artillery. (...) Besides weaponry and food, Lend-Lease provided the Soviet Union with other resources, ranging from clothing to metals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdweaKOd7WYLast edited by militaria.no; 01-28-2013, 11:22 AM.
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Originally posted by militaria.no View PostI had to google `Lend-Lease`. Very interesting! I had never heard details about this and learned something new today.k
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1943-dated-U...item3a7ded961eAttached Files
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U.S. Wool
I do not know if they sent trousers or not. I have never heard of standard U.S. cut trousers being sent, or U.S. made trousers in Soviet cut. I do have a pair of Soviet EM trousers in my collection that are made from U.S. HBT material. I have also seen Soviet made officer's trousers made in the same U.S. Mustard wool. I would suspect that there are EM trousers in this material as well, such would not be a surprise.
Your Gymnastiorka is Soviet made in U.S. wool. The pocket and other liner materials as well as the piping are typical Soviet in origin.
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The bust with the Russian artillery lieutenant is finally as I want it Thank you to Wesleys`Dad for nice soviet field glasses made 1941 from frontovik.com. I have one set of pictures with a Ssh-39 helmet (made at "Red October" factory in Stalingrad ZKO 1941) and one set of pictures with a WWII soviet cap.Attached Files
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