title: [About the signumanistics of medical units and departments of North-West of Russia].
abstract: Armbands, indicating belonging of the military man to the Armed forces, to separate type, alliance or military unit or department, are an integral part of modern military uniform. Author presents some armbands of military-medical units and departments locating on the North-West of Russia. Different variants of the armbands are suggested. Rules of construction and adoption of the armbands are recommended according to heraldic laws and directive documents. The article allows to learn about famous armbands of military-medical service and is of special interest to further development of heraldic theme of units and departments of medical service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
mesh_terms: D003020:Clothing / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history*; D012426:Russia