Hi Mike
Working on it! I'll dive in my books and report back in a few days.
cheers,
Pierre

Hello Mike,

To answer your question: the ACM crews of the Belgian Division in Russia belonged to the artillery and as such would have very dark blue collar patches edged in red. Shoulder straps for the rank and file would be plain khaki or khaki edged in red. Officers wore Russian shoulder boards, pogoni, with their rank in its Russian equivalent. During the course of the campaign their uniforms became a mix of Belgian & Russian uniform items and anything available to keep them warm. Leather coats were popular and even the Russian overcoats and occasionally Russian lamb wool headgear, in fact a very motley appearance. BTW the Division was officially incorporated in the Russian army, until the fall of the Czarist regime. Unwilling to take sides in the Russian civil war, the division made its way to Vladivostok and sailed to the USA were they toured and paraded, once again in standard Belgian uniforms. i join some photos taken freehand for the book is too big for my scanner. I hope it is of some use.

















Happy painting,

Pierre

Paul

Nice to see this highlights again lovely model ideal for the CS piece

Great references from Pierre as well ..Highly recommend the book

Happy releasing

Nap

Hello Mike,

No problem!

As for the "front stripes" on the upper left arm:
the first stripe was for one year service, the following stripes were each for six months service; i.e. four stripes equals 2 years and 6 months of front service. The maximum is eight stripes for 4 years of service, i.e. 1914-1918

Cheers,

Pierre