Ministry Of Internal Affairs Identification.

[deValcourt]

I know this thread says MVD "badges" but I didn't want to open a whole new thread for just one little oddity.

I just got this in with a shipment of odds and ends from a fellow in Novgorod. Since it didn't cost me anything (per se), I don't really care if it's fake. But, I do find it interesting because it is made like the leather wallets we made in Cub Scouts in the 1970s and on the cover you can see from the photo that the seal (gerb) was pressed twice but gilded once. The "lanyard" loop makes sense for this kind of thing and the plastic covers inside seem genuinely worn.

The MVD ID I stuck inside to illustrate the point about the plastic is very likely a fake considering the source, so there's no need for comment on that. It's just a prop.:)

Sorry about the darkness of the first photo, but it was the only one that didn't have too much reflection on it.

Phillip