Here's a shot of my newest, an Udarnik. I've been eyeing these for a while and had the opportunity to get one cheap albeit slightly damaged.
A little enamel damage on the obverse, and a huge blob of yukky solder on the reverse.
Thanks to Alexei (who else) for supplying this beauty. :)
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EricFG Wrote:Here's a shot of my newest, an Udarnik. I've been eyeing these for a while and had the opportunity to get one cheap albeit slightly damaged.
A little enamel damage on the obverse, and a huge blob of yukky solder on the reverse.
Thanks to Alexei (who else) for supplying this beauty. :)
It does depend on the variety, though. "Usually", yes; "always", no.
This is a rather ambiguous creature. While it is a badge, it is also a "decoration" or sorts. Not knowing where to place it, I put it here,
There is also a confusion that while the badge has a gilt finish, it is very thin and often vanishes/evaporates so that some look silver. Battushig actually lists these as two "grades" and now admits this was an error. There are two types, with no coherence in the observed serial number ranges.
As elsewhere in the socialist world, it was awarded to especially productive workers.
Type 1 -- mirror reverse -- observed serial number range Low=18/High=5009
CtahhR Wrote:Very VERY nice! I believe that is only the second #1 item on the forum so far. If there are numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 600, etc out there there must be a #1.
Any idea as to when and who this #1 was awarded?
I think this type of "Shockworker of the MPR" badge was the first type that was awarded from 1943-1944. The badge of this particular type was made of copper and hot enamels while the second later type (or variation) badges were made of silver. As many of the Soviet award collectors can confirm, the Soviet badges during the Great Patriotic war were made of brass or copper (but not of silver). My records show that there were (discussed above in the treat as well) only 1000 badges of this type produced. The badge was awarded to a coal miner.
