Guards Badges

[centaur32]

G'day meyerse,

You have definitely got yourself a WW II Guards Badge there. Nice one!

Best regards,

Jim

[deValcourt]

And in superb condition with what looks like an original screw plate.:thumbsup

Phillip

[charlet]

hello gents

saw this in Poland; I find it a bit curious.

[Lapa]

Seb,

Not Soviet looking IMHO. Looks like the Poles have decided to make up some documents based on their own...

Marc

[Nota Bene]

I am guessing it may be Soviet and official, but printed abroad.

Alexei

[Al-muell]

My guess - an official soviet doc to a person who served in the red army guards unit, but was later moved to the newly created polish army. Altough I have seen a few pictures of npeople wearing guards badge on the polish uniforms, but none of them is newer than 1945.

[desantnik]

With a 1986 date? I tend to agree with Alexei that it was an official Soviet issue document intended for foreigners.

[Al-muell]

Nothing strange with the date - I have a Grunwald Badge booklet issued in 1970's. I generally agree - I said about polish army as it's to a Polish NCO. I don't belive one could earn the guards badge without serving in the Red/Soviet Army Guards Unit, so It has to be to a former red army soldier

[desantnik]

There are plenty of instances of US soldiers being granted them in 1945 as well as Stasi officers receiving them in the 70's and 80's.

[Al-muell]

Realy? I have never heard of it. Was it awarded to the single soldiers, or to the whole units? What were the requirements?