Uniforms of the Headquarters of the Land Forces of the Supreme Ruler

Material and reconstructions by A. Karevskiy

General Staff of the Directorate of the 1st Quartermaster General:
1 and 3 – Major-General of the General Staff; 2 and 4 – Colonel of the General Staff

Such uniforms applied to officers of the highest military command and control bodies of the ground armed forces, who were subordinate to the Supreme Ruler and the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, assigned to the General Staff.

Directorate of the Head of the Military Court:
1 and 4 – Colonel (military personnel); 2 and 3 – College Secretary (military official)

Courier Service of the Commander-in-Chief
1 and 3 – Lieutenant; 2 and 4 – courier

The base cloth was maroon and the metal was gold. Couriers enjoyed the rights of senior NCOs, but wore the uniform assigned to officers, with shoulder-boards identical for senior and junior couriers, consisting of a wide lengthways braid.

The Courier Service of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief went through multiple reorganisations. From 19 June 1919 it was at the Field Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Army Group; then from 26 August 1919 the Communications Department of the Field Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Front. On 26 August; then from 1 October 1919 the Office of the Quartermaster General of the Eastern Front Headquarters; and finally from 22 October 1919 in the War Ministry of the Russian Government.

During the period under consideration there was a return to the traditions and symbols of the former Russian army – gold shoulder-boards with maroon piping and stripes, and coloured caps with raspberry bands. The lack of sufficient supplies in Siberia forced the widespread use of allied (mainly British) uniforms and equipment. This circumstance led to the existence of various "mixed" variants. This system remained in place until 1922.

"History of the Russian Field Courier Service", Moscow, 2006, p.162.

Military Topographical Department of the General Staff

The fabric was light blue, the metal was silver.

The various names for the department were: from 15 December 1918 the Military Topographical Department of the General Staff; from 25 May 1919 the Military Topographical Department of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff; from 17 September 1919 the Military Topographical Section of the Office of the 1st Quartermaster General of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff; and from 1 October 1919 the Military Topographical Section of the War Ministry.