Armed Forces Championship Badge

[Dolf]

Gentlemen,

Any idea what this is? Soviet? Real or fantasy piece?

Thanks,

Dolf

[dannybou]

Not in Borisov's book. Maybe in Avers 2?

[Chuck In Oregon]

I don't think it's a fantasy piece. At least, it's not a fantasy style. I don't know about the details of your piece, but at least I have seen the style before.

I believe this is an Armed Forces Championship badge for placing in an all-military competition. You can see the style in the 1990 Domank book on military badges, illustrations 103-105. It appears as if the colors are red-1st place, blue-second, green-third.

I have attached an image of one of my badges. The date in the small rhomb is 1966. It is, obviously, a green badge but says at the bottom "II Mecto", or second place. That seems to contradict what the book says it should be, a third place badge.

I'm going to guess that yours is an All-Army rather than an All-Military competition badge. Nice first place badge.

Just my two cents.

Chuck

[Dolf]

Chuck,

So the one I posted could it be a 1st place for an All-Army shooting (because of the guns) competition?

How much would it be a fair price for this piece?

Thanks again,

Dolf

[Chuck In Oregon]

Yes, at least that's what I think it is, 1st Place in an All-Army shooting competition. The crossed rifles emblem is reminiscent of a Tsarist marksmanship badge.

I have been away for a long time and I am way out of touch with what people are paying in the US/Western Europe for Soviet badges. This is a pretty darn nice badge and, FWIW, it fits in well with my collection of shooting badges. In Georgia I would have expected to pay something like $10-15, tops. I suppose up to triple that in the western market, but that is strictly a SWAG.

Care to share how you came across such an interesting piece?

Chuck

[Dolf]

Chuck,

Thanks a lot for all the great info.

This piece is not mine, in fact it's offered for sale right now in a well known auction site.
Starting bid: $49.99

One of the reasons I asked about this Badge is because it looks almost new, that's why I thought that it could be a fantasy piece rather than an original Soviet piece.

Thanks again,

Dolf

Originally Posted by dannybou

Not in Borisov's book. Maybe in Avers 2?

Danny,

After all the one posted on Post #1 is on Borisov book, number 206 :)


Dolf