Roberto Palasios-Fernandes excellent article on this small nationalist formation gives the opportunity to create another 'elite' table-top unit.

The main differences in uniform features between the Russians and other 'Requettes' seem to be straightforward. The white over blue over red Russian national colours worn as a chevron on the left sleeve, and as a small rectangle on the left breast pocket, with any Russian awards alongside. Otherwise requette uniform and insignia, these were simply additions.

The author is adamant on the point of the beret tassles in several coloursyellow-privates, red-corporals, green-sergeants, silver-junior officers, goldsenior officers, violet-chaplains.Worn he says from 16th May 1937. One of the line drawings shows a specific Requette, one Sergeant Reshevsky wearing a tassle in Russian national colours, which is interesting.

From November 1937, all Russians recieved Italian mouse-grey uniforms, which were said to distinguish them from their Spanish comrades. They retained the red berets, but wore Italian shirts and breeches with, if the line drawing is correct puttees over white ankle socks. All are wearing boots, not the Spanish footwear shown in 'Osprey's' illustration. This combination would certainly make an attractive group of Requettes with a difference!

The final point is the Russian national flag, white over blue over red is shown in the article, but with the Romanov double-eagle in the top corner at the hoist. This is shown in the line drawing for modelling detail. It appears from the detailed account given of the Russian's standard bearer N.N.Bolyin, that this colour may have been carried not merely in the victory parades, but in action.

The other possibility which occurs to me is that the St. Andrew's Cross of diagonal blue on a white field may have been carried, since it bears a distinct similarity to the Cross of Burgundy and to the black on white identification markings so often seen on Nationalists vehicles, planes and equipment.