Badge "Deputy Of The Supreme Soviet".

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Here is what could be the holy grail for PMR Badge collectors. A Moscow Mint produced Deputy Badge. The Badge is brass and enamelled reading "СОВЕТУЛ СУПРЕМ АЛ ПМН" (Supreme Soviet Of PMR in Cyrillic Romanian) making it a Badge of one of the earlier sessions (possibly first or second) as Russian is now used.

This nicely worn example is a difficult Badge (even for PMR) to obtain due to the facts that most of the deputies are still alive and the Supreme Soviet of the PMR is considerably smaller than other Soviets. The PMR has a grand total of 43 positions for deputies (compare this with the 1500 for the Soviet Union).

A full list of the current Deputies can be found on their official site Верховный Совет ПМР.

As the original deputy of this is unknown it can only be speculated upon. Igor Smirnov is a 2.33% chance! and is no longer a deputy as of 2011.

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Whereas the previous Badge dates from the 1990/1995 sessions this next one dates from the 2000 session.

Unlike the previous Badge this example was unissued and it has just been taken out of its "deluxe" case and wrapping paper.

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I believe this is the 2005 session Type.
Here is "Speaker Of The Soviet" of the 2005 session, now President Evgheni Șevciuk sporting such a Badge.

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Here is the current Type of the Badge.
It can be seen in wear via the link to the Deputies' Official site above.

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Here is the current president wearing the "Deputy Of The Supreme Soviet" Text Badge.
Unfortunately date unknown.

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Here's another more recent Type.

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Here is an early PMR produced Badge. The quality is nowhere near the same as the Russian produced Badge.