Russia, Imperial. A Cossack Chokha Auction 1953-1956 (in red

1953-1956 (in red

Naming is engraved in large capitals

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered golden-brown Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

unmarked with black black

Russia, Imperial. A Cossack Chokha Auction 1953-1956 (in redA rare and very well preserved Imperial period Cossack chokha, constructed of black wool. The shoulders are flanked by boards constructed of golden yellow wool with a buckram core, and which are topped by silver aluminum wire tresses bisected by a single length of red machine emroidered piping and pinned with dual gilded stars (corresponding to an Imperial Army rank of Podporuchik). Each measuring 62 mm (w) x 145 mm (l), the boards are affixed in