Orders and Medals on Soviet Postage Stamps By Mahdi Bseiso continued | ||||
II. Awards Given to Institutions: Orders and medals were not only given to individuals, but also to institutions and military units. The Soviet stamp authorities made sure that they tribute such institutions as well. For example, pictured to the right is a stamp honoring the Ukrainian Science Academy, which was awarded an Order of Lenin. Naturally, the awards of the VLKSM were shown more than any other institution. The Young Communist League was awarded several awards, including three Orders of Lenin, an Order of the October Revolution, an Order of the Red Banner, and an Order of the Red Banner of Labor. The souvenir sheet below pictures the ribbons for five of these six awards (since the Order of the October Revolution had not been awarded yet at that time), combined into a "fantasy" award.
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