Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Epaulets for the Red Army. January 6, 1943
Original Source: Vedomosti, No. 2 (10 January 1943).
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR decrees:
1. To comply with the petition of the People’s Commissar of Defense and introduce, in place of the existing (insignia), new insignia of rank–epaulets for Red Army personnel.
2. To approve the models and description of the insignias of rank of Red Army personnel.
3. To authorize the People’s Commissariat of Defense of the USSR to fix the date of change to the new insignia and introduce the necessary changes in the uniform of Red Army personnel.
Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Socialist Republics, Kalinin
Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Union of Socialist Republics, Gorkin
Source: J. Meisel and E. S. Kozera, eds., Materials for the Study of the Soviet System (Ann Arbor: G. Wahr Pub. Co., 1953), pp. 372-373.