Shoulder boards sailor of the 4th naval crew REEF

All the encryption in the Russian army from 1874 in order to save is put on the shoulder straps oil paint on the stencil, but conservative Navy until 1896 used the traditional waffle-codes. These shoulder straps were produced using special dies, prosaically corresponding letters or numbers in cloth workpieces. When sewing a ring of numbers or letters podkladyvanie cloth was white and looked obmenyalis thread. Due to the high cost of this method is the insignia for the sailors was built centrally, in banderoling workshops of the Navy Department, who was in St. Petersburg (New Holland) and in Kronstadt. Specifically made these shoulder straps could not be determined. 4th the crew was quartered in Kronstadt, so it is likely that there were made and shoulder straps. Obstrochka symbols of the cipher machine stitch instead of hand covering typical 1880s – 1890s padded shoulder strap and white lining at the fabric of lost. The shoulder straps are very interesting and rare, since grubostey or made of blended fabric with a thick filament and was intended, apparently, for working coat or short coat (the name "pea coat" this traditional Navy clothing got in 1910-ies). Early naval shoulder straps are virtually non-existent in the market today. The guarantee of authenticity.