Komsomol Dembels

vikingraider1 · 03-15-2003, 12:25 AM

Can anyone ID this badge or is it just a variation of the small komosomol badge?

otlichnik · 03-20-2003, 06:20 AM

No idea. Regional office variation?? Anything on the back??

Shawn

vikingraider1 · 03-20-2003, 02:19 PM

Here is the back, sorry not much to go on.

HuliganRS · 03-20-2003, 02:41 PM

Actually...

This is a 2 pin setup...

The top, red piece is VLKSM pin that eveyone had!
The bottom one is some other Communist pin...

It looks like one was glued on top of another!

Rusty.

Nota Bene · 03-20-2003, 05:22 PM

Rusty,

The bottom piece is made from an soldiers belt buckle. It's a perfect example of Dembel' (soldiers returning home) art.

Alexei

vikingraider1 · 03-20-2003, 06:32 PM

Thanks very much Nota!
That makes perfect sense as the badge was pinned to a Dembel' uniform for a Motor Rifle infantryman. I did have my doubts as the authenticty of the badge as it looked like it was crudely constructed. Apprently this type of badge was quite popular with demobbed infantrymen as I have seen it on uniforms on more than one occasion.

Tal Inbar · 04-25-2003, 07:32 PM

Another variation

vikingraider1 · 04-25-2003, 07:48 PM

Interesting, when exactly did these dark coloured VLKSM badges start being issued to members of Komsomol organisations...?

Nota Bene · 04-26-2003, 04:43 PM

Vikingraider1,

These were never issued, but rather manufactured by soldiers returning home after their turn of duty, and served only to dress up their uniforms.

Alexei

vikingraider1 · 04-26-2003, 05:06 PM

Thanks Nota but I know that the badge was manufactured by the soldiers but the VLKSM badge in the centre is a darker colour than some of the ones I seen. Have you any idea when these were issued? I have a M1956 parade uniform, actually dated at 1969 and it has a VLKSM badge with a medium shade of red, so this darker version is obviiously newer.

03-20-2003, 02:41 PM	#4
HuliganRS Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Illinois - U.S.A. Age: 46 Posts: 1,023	Actually... This is a 2 pin setup... The top, red piece is VLKSM pin that eveyone had! The bottom one is some other Communist pin... It looks like one was glued on top of another! Rusty. __________________ "Be civil to all, sociable to many, familiar with few, friend to one, enemy to none." Benjamin Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Member #193

04-25-2003, 07:48 PM	#8
vikingraider1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: London, Home of West Ham United Age: 54 Posts: 328	Interesting, when exactly did these dark coloured VLKSM badges start being issued to members of Komsomol organisations...? __________________ "We can truly say that the whole circuit of the earth is girdled with the graves of our dead... and, in the course of my pilgrimage, I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come, than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war." King George V, Flanders, 1922

04-26-2003, 05:06 PM	#10
vikingraider1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: London, Home of West Ham United Age: 54 Posts: 328	Thanks Nota but I know that the badge was manufactured by the soldiers but the VLKSM badge in the centre is a darker colour than some of the ones I seen. Have you any idea when these were issued? I have a M1956 parade uniform, actually dated at 1969 and it has a VLKSM badge with a medium shade of red, so this darker version is obviiously newer. __________________ "We can truly say that the whole circuit of the earth is girdled with the graves of our dead... and, in the course of my pilgrimage, I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come, than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war." King George V, Flanders, 1922

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