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Old 04-02-2005, 07:40 PM   #11
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Stalin era railway badge

To the experts, an opinion please? Thanks I will ask for scans of the reverse.
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Old 04-03-2005, 09:53 AM   #12
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It's commonly called a Stalin's Shockworker Labor Badge, or some variation of that. There are several varieties. I have a number at home that need to be sorted out later this year. One large site offers two varieties for sale at widely divergent prices, presumably only because one variety pre-dates the other. I have never been clear on exactly what one did to earn this badge. Someone once corrected me when I offered that it must be railway-related. He could have been right, too, since I couldn't back up my opinion. It was awarded for about twenty years beginning in the mid-1930s and you can find it in most of the general reference books.

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Old 04-07-2005, 08:27 PM   #13
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Danny,

The badge is perfectly genuine, though I am not sure about the enamel.

It is not railway related. I believe that the locomotive illustrates Lenin's words about revolutions been locomotives of history (correct me if I am wrong). This badge was produced in huge numbers, and is fairly cheap. Considering the condition I'd say $10 is a fair price.

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Old 04-07-2005, 08:44 PM   #14
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Thanks Alexei. It sold for about that, but I had passed on it because of the enamel. Want to buy a fairly reasonable one.
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Old 04-07-2005, 08:54 PM   #15
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Danny,

They are commonly available in better condition, so you should have no problem finding one.

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Here is another example being auctionned off. The enamel isn't the same colour as in post #1. Does this one look authentic?
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Old 06-07-2005, 12:16 AM   #17
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And another one for the experts to elaborate... :)

Which one(s) is/are real or fake(s) from those posted here?
They all look different! Could it be a question of period? Manufacturing quality? Different variations? Or they simply got old differently?!

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And another one for the experts to elaborate... :)

Which one(s) is/are real or fake(s) from those posted here?
They all look different! Could it be a question of period? Manufacturing quality? Different variations? Or they simply got old differently?!

Thanks,

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It seems there would have been at least two variations of this badge, one in the 1930's and another in the 1940-1950's.
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Ruiz,

Both of them look original. The earlier, numbered one is quite nice, especially with its original counterplate.

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