Dessert plate from the officers ' meeting of the 20th Infantry regiment

Infantry battalions, armed with rifled weapons (fittings), appeared in the Russian army in the 1830s Originally they were supposed to have one for the corps to conduct aimed fire on the most important goals (usually officers) in the ranks of the enemy. In 1855, ordered to have one shelkovom battalion in each infantry division. In 1860, as re-rifled guns, all infantry rifle battalions were withdrawn from divisions and consolidated in a number brigade, of four. A feature of their tactics was still keeping the fight mostly in loose formation. No later than the 1870s, there was a unification of the gunners in the formation with line infantry, and in 1880, the battalions were deployed in regiments dvuhsotletnego composition, still kept in the brigade. The only difference between infantry regiments in the 1880s – 1900s were increased mobilization readiness, amounting to no more than 48 hours from the announcement of the mobilization to speech "in the military campaign". It followed some features of the weapons and materiel, such as the use of guns is not on wheeled carriages with the gig, and tripods carried by pack-horses. However, in 1910 – 1912 with the introduction of machines with Sokolov wheeled pack the material part of these differences were eliminated, so that the arrows began to differ from the Grenadier and infantry only historical names. In 1915 dvuhmetrovye infantry regiments were deployed in chetyrekhyadernye and brigades in the division. Since 1855, the characteristic feature of the uniforms the gunmen were collars, edging and buttonholes of one uniform color, with edgings and shoulder straps crimson cloth. Crimson applied the color went from gunmen of the old army to the small regiments of the red army, and later to the infantry units of the Soviet Army, and was replaced by red only in 1969, lasted, therefore, over a hundred years. 20th Infantry regiment was formed in 1864 as the 2nd Infantry Reserve battalion, in 1870 named the 20th Small and in 1888 deployed in dvuhmetrovy regiment with the same number that were part of the 5th Infantry brigade. Since its formation until 1914, he was stationed in the Vilna military district (since 1888 – in suwałki). Until world war II, the regiment took part in the Japanese war of 1904 – 1905, the results of which was awarded the insignia on headgear. The dish is made not earlier than 1888, at the Riga factory of M. S. Kuznetsov partnership, which seems quite logical taking into account the place kvartirovaniya regiment. The abbreviated title of the part caused crimson color in the applied color of the infantry of the Russian army. Almost perfect preservation. Diameter 157 mm. Rare.