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Graduation or memorial badge? - Tretov - 04-07-2007
Got this one recently, it is a nice badge which seems to be multipiece. The 1TAU (TAY) text is written on blood red enamel. I make the guess that this badge is related to an artillery university, from the crossed barrels and TAU which might mean "something"-Artillery University. It seems a bit too nifty for a graduation badge, but I might be wrong.
Anyone with any more information to add? Screwplate is not original.
Graduation or memorial badge? - Chuck In Oregon - 04-08-2007
The Tbilisi Artillery School badge, I think. Open for more than a century now.
Chuck
Graduation or memorial badge? - Lapa - 04-08-2007
Tretov Wrote:...Screwplate is not original.
Tretov,
These are heavily faked; the fact that the screwplate is "not original" is a rather bad omen.
Marc
Graduation or memorial badge? - Tretov - 04-08-2007
Having examined it even closer, I am afraid this one might be a fake. The screwpost is ... a screw that has been glued to the badge. The badge is still nice however.
Luckiely, I did not trade one of my kidneys for it.
Graduation or memorial badge? - Lapa - 04-08-2007
Tretov,
These became - and still are - extremely available at any club meeting, with about 30 different varieties.
Marc
Graduation or memorial badge? - Tretov - 04-08-2007
I have not seen badges this advanced at the "collector" meetings, just the usual diamond shaped higher education ones with customized gradua plates. Well, something learned at least!