Photo of cadets of the Vilna military school

The cadets belonging to the military school vilenskogo can be identified by a light blue shoulder straps with no edgings and cipher. On three sides of the shoulder straps are trimmed with narrow gold galloon. Braids and bileve of petrici on the collar and cuffs were supposed to all cadets of military schools. In 1910, as a ceremonial headdress. they were rated shako type introduced a year earlier for the guard infantry, but embellished front buckle with emblem of military educational institutions (the two-headed eagle in the glow). The covering of the braid on top of the shako and POM POM with alternating white and black-and-oranjevyi sectors of the same sample as that of combatant non-commissioned officers, like something was supposed to cadets. Waist belt thick shiny skin most likely custom. Very interesting detail – buckle with stamping not infantry, as it was supposed to be on the state of the Junker infantry school and the artillery of the sample (under the national emblem clearly visible crossed guns). Presumably, such a liberty is that the picture shows cadet of the senior class preparing to withdraw to the artillery and has already secured the necessary elevated score on academic performance. Infantry saber – freedom, because the state relied only cleaver sword belt-cadets (having the school separated by rank and platoon non-commissioned officers). Wear cutlasses officer checkers knots was also common among the cadets of the senior class, although neither Juncker would never risk getting caught in this form the eye of school authorities; such appearance he might take either for photography or for revelry in the company of friends. On the back of the photo – initiation with a Dating. Beautiful photo that conveys the spirit of the Russian military-educational institutions of the early twentieth century the Postcard format. The guarantee of authenticity.