The mailman in Serbia today

Serbian mailman today

Pošta. Radnici ovog preduzeća su do 1850. nosili odelo zelene boje, a deceniju kasnije već su oblačili odelo boje tamne višnje. Ta lepa boja uniforme nije dugo trajala, tek do prve decenije 20. veka. Sakoi su bili dvoredni sa otvorenim reverima i vratnom maramom. Dugmeta su imala simbol državnog grba, a razlike u činovima pravili su broj i boja poprečno postavljenih širita na ramenima (zlatna ili srebrna).

Pošto su poštari bili veoma važno zanimanje u ono vreme (bez struje, telefona i interneta) radili su mnogo i teško opslužujući gradove i sela, zimi i leti i nosili su poštu peške, ponekad na konju. Zato su im dobijali zgodne šinjele sa kapuljačom i čizme. Kasnije je donet i pravilnik „o odevanju poštansko-telegrafskih služitelja“ koji je propisivao odelo tamno sive boje, šinjel braon boje sa laticama na kragni, trubu na trobojnom gajtanu (da obaveste dolazak). Kao znak raspoznavanja nosili su na reverima trubicu sa munjicom (oznaka telegrafske struke).

Post office. The workers of Post office wore the green uniforme until 1850, and a decade later they had a uniforme with the colour of the dark sour cherry. This beautiful colour of the uniform did not last long. Only to the first decade of the 20th century. The jackets were with two lines of buttons, with open lapels and with neck scarfs. The buttons had the simbol of the state coat of arms, and differences in the rank was made with the number and the colour of the gimps on the shoulders (golden or silver). 

As postmen were very important at the time (with no electricity, telephone or internet) they worked very hard trying to serve cities and villages. During winters and summers they were carrying mail on foot, sometimes by horse. That is why they were supplied with nice overcoats with hoods and some boots. Later they got a manual about the dress code of the postal and telegraphical servants which insisted on having a uniforme of the dark gray colour, the brown overcoat with petals on the collar, with a trumpet od a tricolor braid (to enounce the arrival). As a sign of recognition, they had a little trumpet with a little lightning on the lapel (which was a simbol of the telegraphical service).

The text is translated from http://mdexplorer.rs/radne-uniforme-drzavnih-sluzbenika-u-srbiji-na-prelasku-vekova/