Uniforms and shoulder-boards of volunteers
in the Russian Army of the Supreme Ruler

Material and reconstructions by A. Karevskiy

A crowd spilled onto the sidewalks. A rider gallops on a foaming horse; a tricolour chevron on the left sleeve indicates that he is a volunteer.

Fedorov, P. in "Under the Red Star: The Combats of the 27th Omsk Rifle Division named after the Italian Proletariat", Moscow and Leningrad, 1928, p.45.

Decree of the Council of Ministers of 25 February 1919

On the approval of temporary regulations on volunteer service in the land forces.

Art. 26. Volunteers shall be issued with the uniform established for the unit in which they serve, with the following distinctions:

a) A tricolour national ribbon chevron may be sewn onto the shoulder-boards along their entire length, with the top pointing upwards.

b) A white leather belt.

Note: the above distinctions shall be purchased at the expense of the unit.

"Cases of the Governing Senate for the 1st Appeals Department. Collection of Laws and Regulations of the Government, published by the Governing Senate on 15 May 1919, No. 5".

Shoulder-boards and uniforms of volunteers in the Russian Army of the Supreme Ruler

It seems most likely that the chevron was placed on the shoulder-boards of the unit to which the volunteer belonged, so the most common khaki and raspberry (for rifle) shoulder-boards in Eastern Russia are shown here.