BADGE 53 (ZOO PARK)
Translation; ZOO PARK. Russian; zoo park. These two badges, one featuring an ostrich and the other a crocodile, are souvenirs from Soviet/Russian zoos. These seem to be a fairly […]
Translation; ZOO PARK. Russian; zoo park. These two badges, one featuring an ostrich and the other a crocodile, are souvenirs from Soviet/Russian zoos. These seem to be a fairly […]
Translation; OSVOD RSFSR YOUNG OSVODOVETS. The OSVOD – Society for Water Rescue in Soviet Russia (RSFSR) began its origins in the 19th century with the formation of The Society for Rendering […]
Translation; LENIN CHECKING VLKSM. Russian; Leninskaya Poverka VLKSM. The Komsomol was the senior group within the All-Union Leninist Communist League of Youth (Communist Youth) for children between the ages of fourteen […]
Translation; RSFSR. This badge shows the flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russia under the USSR), along with its coat of arms/crest – the hammer and sickle lying […]
This is a screw back badge, with the symbolic logo of the railway workers of the Soviet Union; the red star adorned with a hammer and wrench – the […]
Translation; UDPD It is clear from the images used on the badge it was made to commemorate an achievement or branch of the Soviet Fire Department (due to the symbols […]
Translation; 80 YEARS, FIRST COUNCIL, IVANOVO. Russian; 80 Let, Pervomu Sovetu, Ivano. This is a celebration of a first in Soviet history and is celebrating its ‘eightieth birthday’ within the […]
Translation; USSR NTO. NTO = The Scientific Technical Society of the Soviet Union. In 1918, Vladimir Lenin composed an outline of a plan for ‘scientific-technical groups’; these groups would work […]
Translation; 12TH MOSCOW 1985 Russian; XII Moskva 1985 This badge commemorates the 12th World Festival of Youth and Students, an international event involving thousands of students and young people from […]
Translation; STUDENT BUILDING GROUPS Russian; Studencheskie Stroitel’nyye Otryady This one escapes me…I have another badge that looks very similar in design but I am struggling even just to translate that […]