Diploma Of The Supreme Soviet Of The Lithuanian SSR

[TakeshiKovacs]

Ran into this. Looks...odd. Claims its Lithuanian. He has alot of other pretty legit looking stuff, but I'm not at all sure about this thing.

[CtahhR]

It looks to be a Diploma Of The Supreme Soviet Of The Lithuanian SSR recipient's portable Badge dating from the 1970's-80's. Each SSR had its equivalent. Ukrainian ones are most frequently seen.

The "strange" production of this is down to in being produced outside the state mints that people use a the benchmark of USSR items. It was most likely made in Vilnius.

For some reason Lithuanian items are considerably rarer than the items from their neighbour Latvia.

[TakeshiKovacs]

wow, and now i've learned my lesson about asking questions about things on here.

was there for a week. asked about it here. go back to buy it. gone. thats messed up.

[CtahhR]

Unfortunately there can be that thin line between "snooze you lose" and "fools rush in" we all have to walk.

[TakeshiKovacs]

There's also being a snake and taking advantage of people who ask for help.

[Keith]

These are fairly common and should not be expensive - you will find another one if you look, and yes, its the badge that was given with the Gramota from the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR.

Keith

[CtahhR]

Here is another cased example. The rather poor quality case suffers from being stored in a rather smoky environment for a considerable time - most likely a warehouse with storemen who were heavy smokers. No signs of it ever being worn (or even being removed from the case).

[CtahhR]

The quality isn't "Russian" but the enamel is of a higher quality than that used on many later period SSR produced items.