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Old 08-12-2008, 03:11 AM   #1
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Fake Inventor of the Soviet Union?

I bought an Inventor of the Soviet Union-badge and a perestroika-pin from an online auction. The pin seems kosher, but I have a few doubts about the IotSU. The award feels very light, and the connecting ring between the ribbon and medal doesn't seem original (it's made of an yellow metal). Also, it seems that the rocket/Star Trek triangle is not riveted in straight; there's a gap between the lower left point of the triangle and the laurel. There's very little information on the internet about the IotSU, just that it was established in 1981 and awarded for innovative proposals. Rarity? The swan-like mint mark? Also, the pin has a mint mark that looks like a viking ship! What's this?

I posted pictures on the obverse and reverse of both badge and pin. I quite like the latter! :D

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Old 08-12-2008, 03:13 AM   #2
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Re: Fake Inventor of the Soviet Union?

... and the pin's back.
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Old 08-14-2008, 06:26 PM   #3
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Re: Fake Inventor of the Soviet Union?

Stahanov,

I believe that both are genuine :) The Inventor badge is just one of the many variations.

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Old 08-14-2008, 06:30 PM   #4
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Re: Fake Inventor of the Soviet Union?

Oh, and it's a Moscow factory mark.

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Old 08-14-2008, 06:28 PM   #5
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Re: Fake Inventor of the Soviet Union?

Lol, I already threw the Inventor badge into the bottom of my closet in desperation/thinking it was a fake! :) Will have to fish it out and take a closer look again.
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Old 08-14-2008, 06:32 PM   #6
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Re: Fake Inventor of the Soviet Union?

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Lol, I already threw the Inventor badge into the bottom of my closet in desperation/thinking it was a fake! :) Will have to fish it out and take a closer look again.
Yes, please get it out, it's a genuine piece and deserves better :)

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Old 04-04-2009, 10:14 AM   #7
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Re: Fake Inventor of the Soviet Union?

Can anybody say what is says on the document and if the badge is real? (9$ for this badge is to much?)
I now that the image is not god, but is the only that I have
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Old 04-07-2009, 07:21 PM   #8
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Yeap, both good.

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Old 01-09-2011, 02:23 PM   #9
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Re: Fake Inventor of the Soviet Union?

A seller offered to me this badge. I do not like it.
The arrow seems not good in colour. The wreath has cherries on it (?) and the hammer and sickle is broader.
Any opinion on it?
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