Photo ordinary 2nd Spare machine-gun regiment RIA

Original and quite rare in the good condition. Cabinet-portrait.

Spare machine-gun regiment was formed in 1915 in Oranienbaum for the preparation of the lower ranks of machine-gun teams, especially the non-commissioned officers and gunners. Training was conducted with the participation and under the supervision of officers of the division machine-Gun Officer shooting school. The shelf was rated pogona form common to all infantry, but instead of numbers or letters on the shoulder straps in this part for the first time in the Russian army were introduced with a special sign (logo) in the form of a machine gun on a tripod, invoice gilded officers and the printing stencil from the lower ranks. In practice, judging by the photographs, and patch logo used from the lower ranks of very popular. Besides, completed a course of training and to the combat units continued to wear them as a kind of qualifying mark. The only way to explain the mass distribution of such emblems in the machine-gun teams infantry, which they officially never was rated. In 1916, Spare machine-gun regiment was divided into two, 1st and 2nd Spare machine-gun, and in addition to the special sign on the shoulder straps in these shelves were installed, respectively number 1 and 2. From this we concluded that the facilities depicted to the 2nd Spare machine-gun regiment. Spurs in the machine-gun teams were assigned to various categories of lower ranks, moving on horseback, in particular, a machine-gun non-commissioned officers. Interestingly, shoulder straps trimmed on three sides with a yellow ribbon with narrow colored lumen, the so-called training, has the lower ranks permanent makeup training troops. Perhaps this braid into machine-gun regiments wore as an imitation of the lower ranks of the permanent membership of the Officers infantry school. In sereine overhead shines a thin strip of his field, made, judging by the bright color of crimson cloth, i.e. as in times of peace. For the summer of 1917, such freedom is quite natural. Photos taken during a holiday trip; on the reverse the inscription "Taken on 21 July 1917 in the town of Zinkiv. In Everlasting Memory 16.2.1918".