Badge "Excellent In The Socialist Competition Of The Latvian SSR".

[Taz]

Interesting Badge but no idea what it is for :)

Maybe a translator out there?

Regards Eddie

[Lapa]

Taz,

I posted a badge from the LPSR here. Do you have any information about the LPSR or that badge?

Marc

[Taz]

Hi Marc,

Sorry no info on that one, I've been keeping a look out for info on it though.
Not GDR that seems fairly certain.
From the initials it seems Latvian, although it's strange that the P isn't on the top ray of the star.

Regards Eddie.

[Keith]

I believe this is for the Winner of a Socialist Competition of an Industrial Cooperative, and is a close relative of the badge in this post:

http://www.soviet-awards.com/forum/sovie...#post53985

Keith

[Taz]

Thanks very much Keith,

I was hoping you would have a look because of your interest in Baltic state items :)

What is your opinion on Marcs Badge, any ideas?

Best regards Eddie.

[Keith]

Eddie,

Marc's badge is interesting, LPSR stands for Latvian SSR in the Latvian language, so I am pretty sure that this is Latvian. I would guess from the symbols that this is either from the Soviet period in Eastern Latvia from 1918-1920 or the first complete Soviet period in Latvia from 1940-1941. Mostly likely this is not an award, but who knows, perhaps it is some high level rare decoration. I have seen similar, but not the exact same thing, for Estonia from 1940-41.

Keith

[Lapa]

Thanks Keith, I thought that it most likely was from the Baltic states, but don't know much about them. I tend to think that is relates to the immediate post-revooution period, but that is just a gut feeling.

Marc

[carlos]

Taz: Excellence of Socialist Competition of Latvian SSR" badge (circa 60-80)