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Re: Help reading/translating handwriting
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 04 September 12 00:52 BST (UK) »
Before I saw the reverse I thought the hat looked like those worn by the Turkish Army in WW1, think
the Turkish soldiers in" Lawrence of Arabia"
However I have no idea what language it is written in . Viktoria.

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Re: Help reading/translating handwriting
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 04 September 12 10:46 BST (UK) »
I think he's a soldier of the Soviet State Political Directorate (GPU, later OGPU) in the 1920s.
(Looks like the year "1928 г." written on the back at the bottom in pink!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogpu

Some similar uniforms and badges here: http://siberia-minis.7910.org/forum/showthread.php?fid=12&tid=61
with mostly Russian text, but Google-Translatable!

The language is definitely Russian, but mine's not good enough to make out more than a few scattered words.

Adrian
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