Russian officer"s collar insignia

Officer cervical signs, or borjes - these are rudiments of a knightly armor. This is the memory that the commander is a nobleman - the rider - the knight was chained in a steel shell and the difference from other warriors on the battlefield. In a new time, the cervical signs were the only way to distinguish the ranks of the commanders and the most spectacular sign of corporate differences. After the introduction of stars on the epolutes in Russia, the officer cervical signs began to lose their former importance, and their abolition at the beginning of the reign of Emperor Alexander II, although temporary, finally destroyed interest in them. Nowadays, the city is a very important attribute sign in museum and collectibles. Introduction In 1999, cervical signs for officers of the presidential regiment allows us to hope for another valuable symbol of Russian military glory