Uniforms and insignia of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army changed every few years, adapting themselves to the current demands and requirements of the time.
The year of 1943 is considered a turning point for the Great Patriotic War, and it was the same for the military uniform: on January 6, shoulder marks were introduced. On January 15 of 1943, also adopted were single-breasted coats and jackets, new peak caps and service shirts, made of cloth and with a buttoned stand-up collar and an open placket. Chest pockets on them were retained only in uniforms of the middleweight commanders. Service shirts were complemented with a belt, an envelope cap with a star and trousers of protective color (blue for officers).
The postage stamps provide images of soldiers in the 1943 uniform: a Cossack Regiment squadron commander and a cavalryman, an air corps chief of staff and a squadron commander, a platoon commander and a sergeant of a rifle company, a field engineer and an engineer company commander.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + security system |
Comb 11¼:12 |
37 × 50 mm |
108 thousand stamps |