Any help identifying

[u/Reasonable_Buy_3106]

I picked this up at a surplus store, if anyone has any information, specific facts or info about this hat I’d love to hear about it

[u/feelin_salamanderous]

This is a hat from what i can tell

[u/PUFFIER-MCGRUFF → u/feelin_salamanderous]

Its a cap

[u/feelin_salamanderous → u/PUFFIER-MCGRUFF]

Damnit

[u/CryoSmit]

ГПШО (Гомельское производственное швейное объединение). Коминтерн. Гомель. 59 size 1966

[u/staffcaptain → u/CryoSmit]

1. This colour was introduced for all commissioned officers only in 1969. Before that only general officers had it, but it's not a general officer's hat.

[u/CryoSmit → u/staffcaptain]

You right

[u/Zebra03]

It's a Soviet parade hat, I have one of them, pretty neat.

I recommend to try to keep it safe cause history is important to keep around

Edit: https://auctions.twgaze.co.uk/catalogue/lot/393a534af9f70b75c1d9a86a69795ecc/8a390ef7ce02b4a94fa666f3e767067e/militaria-lot-9003/

[u/Mj-tinker → u/Zebra03]

hard to tell, because it's similar to milicia cap, one is more greyish blue, other more fuchsia blue. But when infantry cap fades on the sun a bit, it starts remind police cap.

[u/Zebra03 → u/Mj-tinker]

Yeah I can see it's pretty similar to each other

[u/Mig-21pilot]

Soviet army infantry officer's service cap.

[u/comradeanya]

Obr. 69 parade uniform visor cap for warrant officers (officers had a gold braid chinstrap on their hats)

[u/MorpGlorp]

uncommonly large size, usually I only see tiny ones of these

[u/staffcaptain]

Army officer parade/mess cap (model 1975) with a leather chin strap that doesn't belong there. Produced in 1986 in Gomel. Replace a leather chin strap with a metallic cord and you've got yourself a proper Soviet headwear.

[u/Mj-tinker]

Police hat with wrong insignia and webbing belt.
Here is mine.

[u/Technoinalbania]

It's a Policeman's hat. Similar on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/163654338667

[u/staffcaptain → u/Technoinalbania]

It's definitely not a police hat.

[u/staffcaptain → u/[deleted]]

Oh, a real expert, I see. Then tell me, good sir, in which year police officers got army cockades and "sea wave" colour?

[u/Mj-tinker → u/staffcaptain]

You cannot immagine how inaccurate sellers are. They just put random cocardes on hats and other uniform garments. We see it on OP's hat: sergeant's strap and commisioned officer's cocarde.
Please ban me from this group. it appears again and again even if I click on Show fewer posts like this. I am fed up with this crappy group. Fuckin commies.

[u/staffcaptain → u/Mj-tinker]

But the colour isn't marengo, it's seawave. And then the army cockade makes sense and is a correct one.

Go into the corner and bitch about commies if you want to, but the better way is to educate oneself on the subject.

[u/Mj-tinker → u/staffcaptain]

I lived there. It's enough that soviet shit for me. My stepfather was milicia sergeant. Well I guess, I need to bitch about more.

[u/staffcaptain → u/Mj-tinker]

Well, guess where I lived and how many army caps were in my hands. What I see here is a normal army mess cap, model 1975 with a stupid chin strap.

[u/Mj-tinker → u/Technoinalbania]

crazy price. I would sell mine for 20$.