Badge "Petstotnik". - The Soviet Military Awards Page Forum

09-19-2012, 12:17 PM

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Badge "Petstotnik".

Here is the Ministry Of Transport Badge "Petstotnik". Awarded to Railway workers for 500 freight train journeys. Dating from the mid 1950's.

The word "Petstotnik" has its routes in the Bulgarian uprisings of 1876 where a Petstotnik commanded 500 rebels.

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