01-05-2012, 04:33 AM
Alfred Wrote:Hello,
I have a few questions about this military academy badges.
Is this time table correct?
At first there were shields with the year, than the badge had a unified shield with CCCP, in 1957 to 1961 the badge got a new design with BY.
In 1961 the old badges were replaced by the blue rombus badges.
Now I read, that the small round badges with BY were awarded till the end of the soviet union in 1991. Is that correct?
What are the correct awarding dates?
I could be wrong, but I was under the impressed that the "VU" or "VY" badges were for a less intensive military educational experience than rhomboid badge worn by a military academy graduate. That would explain the simultaneous awarding of both the VU and rhomboid badges. I think the "VU" was similar to a US ROTC graduate or someone who studied military topics part time, as opposed to college students who went to specifically military school and studied military topics full time.












