What is a sash? Description, history of occurrence and examples of use are described in the article.
Definition
The sash is a fabric that is usedto tighten the medal straps, cover pads, with which the rewards (medals and orders) are attached to the uniform. Each ribbon has a unique color and pattern, they are set by the statute of the award.
What is it for?Wearing medals and medals on the uniform is not very convenient, since they are rather bulky, so for compactness use special rectangular slats. A person who knows the colors of the ribbons on the bar will easily determine by what medals and / or orders the owner has been awarded.
History
This element appeared in the 19th century in the royalRussia. Then it was wide strips of cloth of a certain color, to which the orders were fastened. For example, the St.Aniformes corresponded to the blue ribbon, St.Annovsky - red, St. Vladimir - red with two black stripes, St. Anna - red with two yellow stripes, which symbolized the "sincerity of the burning soul." They were worn around the neck or worn over their shoulders, behind were fastened with clasps of gold or silver.
By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on June 19, 1943, an order ribbon of a modern type was approved.
Production
This product is a narrow color or patterneda strip of fabric with transverse and longitudinal threads. The edges are overcrowded. They are made on special weaving looms from viscose or lavsan twisted yarns.
Such tapes should "pour".Such a moire effect is achieved by special finishing at the last stage of manufacturing - by calendering. Moire can be on one side of the product or on both its sides.
The use of sashes
Where are the premium elements of this type:
- Order bar - a modern device foreveryday wear on a uniform instead of medals and orders. They are made in the form of a rectangle made of metal, plastic or fabric, and the top is covered with a ribbon. Worn only on the left side of the chest. They have different sizes: veterans wear 24 × 12 mm slats, and active military ones - 24 × 8 mm. To clothes pins with a pin or just sewn. If a person has several bars (correspondingly, several awards), then all of them are attached to a common substrate in a strictly defined order: the greater the reward, the higher the bar must be;
- Ordering shoe - 4 or 5-angle metal plate. On the front side it is covered with a medal ribbon, purl is attached to the uniform by means of a pin or a special bolt;
- bandage - a wide strip of fabric or thinleather, put on over clothes. Since the 17th century, the highest state awards have been attached to such a tape in European countries. In Russia, there is the St. Andrew's ribbon - a strip of blue silk 100 mm wide, used to wear the Order of St. A.
- St. George ribbon - two-colored moire stripblack with yellow or orange stripes. It is a detail for the Order of St.George, St. George's medal or St. George's cross, as well as a symbol of victory and valor. It is used as an accessory of the flag of the guards units of the Russian Federation;
- Guards tape - this two-color ribbon (a combination of black and bright orange) was used in the system of Soviet awards.
Ribbons: decoding
In total in the Russian Federation more than 300 kinds of awards are approved.Many of them have the status of state, the rest are approved by various departments and services. Each award - a medal or order - corresponds to a unique order ribbon:
- Red with three longitudinal gray strips - Order of St. Catherine the Martyr;
- Green with orange strip in the middle - Order of Suvorov 1 st degree;
- White with three blue transverse strips in the middle - The Order "For Naval Services";
- blue with yellow edges - Medal of Nesterov;
- gray with blue edges - medal "For Courage" and others.
Let's look back at the recent past and consider the Soviet bands:
- blue with blue edges - Order of the Red Banner of Labor;
- Red with five gray transverse strips in the middle - Order of the October Revolution;
- Red with three white stripes around the edges - Order "For personal courage";
- red with green edges and one yellow strip in the center - Medal "For Perfect Service" of the I degree and others.
Now you know what kind of bands are. Their interpretation is set out in a special catalog of Russia.
