Veteran Of Labour

[ericlida]

Originally Posted by Tal Inbar

Is this a generic badge, issued by lower rank officials at factories and work places?

Tal,
You are correct. Probably this organozation (Department of Resaurants, - the translation is not very accurat) ordered documents and badges to award their employees.
You can see even on eBay different documents with badges "Veteran of Labour" of different organizations (factories, businesses, etc). And they look different.
Here is an example of another document from another Moscow organization.
Eric