Shoulder straps of a Major General serving in the Orenburg Engineering Department

Extremely rare shoulder straps in excellent collector's condition. Engineering distances were called local bodies of the Main Engineering (since 1913 – the Main Military-Technical) Directorate, responsible for the maintenance, construction and repair of buildings, structures, roads, bridges and other infrastructure belonging to the military department. The staff of each distance consisted of several dozen officers and generals with special military engineering education, who held the positions of chief, his deputies, work producers and their assistants. On February 17, 1914, officers and generals serving in the headquarters, departments and institutions of the military department, who had not previously been entitled to ciphers, were ordered to have ciphers on their epaulettes and shoulder straps according to special statements. In particular, the code "O." s was assigned to the Orenburg local brigade and others stationed in Orenburg to local institutions and institutions of the military department. The shoulder straps, judging by the label and the lettering, were issued from Odessa was built long before 1914 and was equipped with encryption in 1914, since the manufacture of new ones would have cost much more. Buttons with a double-headed eagle and crossed axes serve as a sign of belonging to the military engineering department. Guarantee of authenticity.