Photo by warrant officer of the army infantry with a sword

The perfectly illustrates the change in the appearance of the officers in the final period of world war. Clothing sewn from fabric dark shade, as a statutory officer of protective cloth by 1917 became a deficit. Instead of the regular jacket the officer ordered the French manicure with a clear eye on French samples – with high standing-collar, huge pockets and buttons, and tie sleeves with the help of special valves leaflets. Boots with soft tops; these were considered more convenient in okonma life and are often massed on the outer side buckle straps, giving the characteristic folds. Folded down the visor of his cap and podbrozny strap, tucked under the badge is also one of the manifestations of fashion in wartime. The officer is armed with a checker pattern in 1909 on the shoulder belt. This allows us to date the photo at the latest by March, 1917, as a month later all the graduates of military educational institutions began to supply instead of checkers cheaper and more practical daggers. On the left breast pocket – a sign of graduation of the warrant officers; the emergence of signs of this type (direct cross) refers to the end of 1916, and that allows us to date the.