№122552Chevron of Car-tank armies of RKKA.

the USSR. The beginning of the 1920s. Armband badge of the Auto-armored troops of the Red Army. A RARITY. Only a few copies are known.

In May 1921, by order of the RVS, the Department of the Chief of the Armored Forces of the Red Army was created, to which armored trains were also subordinated,. The creation of mechanized and tank units marked the beginning of a new kind of troops, which received the name of armored forces. The Central Directorate of Mechanization and Motorization in 1937 was renamed the Armored Vehicle Directorate (and later the Main Armored Vehicle Directorate).

 

Sewing. The golden rigmarole. The sewing diameter is 60 mm.