BADGE 45 (GLORY MOUNT MONUMENT)
Translation; MOUND GLORY/GLORY MOUND. Belarus; Kurgan Slavi. ‘Mound of Glory’ is a monument to the Soviet soldiers who pushed back the Nazi invasion of Belarus during the Second World War. […]
Translation; MOUND GLORY/GLORY MOUND. Belarus; Kurgan Slavi. ‘Mound of Glory’ is a monument to the Soviet soldiers who pushed back the Nazi invasion of Belarus during the Second World War. […]
Translation; THE MOSCOW KREMLIN – TSAR BELL – TSAR CANNON. Russian; Moskovskii Kreml – Tsar Kolola – Tsar Pushka. Badge portraying two iconic symbols of the Kremlin; the fortified complex […]
Translation; DMITRIEV. Russian; Dmitriev. Dmitriev is a city in the region of Kursk Oblast, Russia; like the badges for Novgorod and Poshekhonye, this is a pin showing Dmitriev’s Coat of […]
Translation; POSHEKHONYE. Russian; Poshekhone. Poshekhonye is a town located in Yaroslavl Oblast, north west Russia. Badges like this one have been frequent occurrences during my research and buying of badges; […]
Translation; FERAPONTOV. Russian; Ferapontovo. This badge reads ‘Ferapontov’ and features an image of the famous and beautiful Ensemble of the Ferapontov Monastery situated in northern Russia. The monastery was founded […]
Translation; TOURIST TRAIN “ROCKET”. Russian; Turistski Poezd Rokhat. Information on this badge is still sketchy; from the Initial Translation I could read the words ‘tourist train’ and ‘rocket/jet’. At this […]
Translation; BAIKAL. Russian; Baikal. This badge is, probably, a souvenir from the Russian beauty spot Lake Baikal, situated in south-east Siberia. It is the world’s oldest and deepest lake, and […]
Translation; SEVASTOPOL. Ukrainian; Sevastopol. Sevastopol is a popular Ukrainian sea side city and strategic naval port on the Black Sea. This badge shows the city’s coat of arms and the […]
Translation; KALININGRAD. Russian; Kaliningrad Kaliningrad is a sea port on the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. Known before hand as Königsberg, the land was annexed from German […]
Translation; NOVGOROD. Russian; Novgorod. Novgorod is one of Russia’s oldest and historic cities, said to have its founding roots in the 9th century. This badge’s design is based on the […]