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06-02-2011, 04:17 PM | #11 |
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Re: Enlisted long-service badges
Well, folks......after a looooong time searching for an Air Force & Navy badge in the older style I finally hit pay-dirt. To those who say 'Ya can't find nothin' good on the ebay' I say you are a putz. ;)
So for your viewing pleasure here are all three early versions. :thumbsup Note the different paint colors on the wings; I've seen this variation before. Also, in the second image I've flipped up the numbered pendant on the bottom badge; if ya squint really hard you can see how relatively thick the pendant is. Sometimes pendants can be thinner. I've also noticed three different shapes of the pendants; diamond and heart-shaped on para jump badges and the roughly triangular pendants seen here.
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Nice!
Sadly the badge (naval) has gone astray from a submariner whose group lives with me. (Also many pictures and documents on his father and his mother's medal.) Last edited by medals73; 06-02-2011 at 05:34 PM. |
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Nice photo. Navy photos are rarer than the army ones, and that particular badge is rarely seen in wear.
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06-02-2011, 05:33 PM | #14 |
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Thanks. With many photos (and even more documents, but few medals :( ) from the family (dad, mon, and son [him]) that is the only one that shows this badge.
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I'd surmise that these were only issued with pendants numbered 1 through 9, and that after 9 years you'd get the Long Servise Medal. But, perusing one of Boev's badges books I see a "10" and an "11" numbered pendant. Maybe the soldier wanted everyone to know just exactly how long he'd survived in the armed forces? :rolleyes:
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06-02-2011, 05:47 PM | #16 |
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Well . . . interestingly (?) the guy I displayed above also got the following.
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Or maybe, it may not be directly related to those long-service medals... :rolleyes:
Effectively, it is for people who decided to serve beyond the mandatory military service period (СВЕРХСРОЧНАЯ СЛУЖБА). Marc |
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Oh. Those folks weren't eligible for a LSM (after 10 years or more)?
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After never having seen another badge without the loops I saw two today on eBay. Both looked kosher (considering the seller's images) and both were the older, brass and enamel variety.
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No, I don't think so. They were both created around the same time, 1957, I think and probably for slightly different criteria with regards to time of service.
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