Fake Badges "Excellent Workers' And Peasants' Red Army".

[desantnik]

In my oppinion the badge in post 2 is good.

There are 4 different badges of this type.
1. - reverse flatback with number (see post 1 and 2)
2. - reverse flatback without number
3. - counter-relief reverse with number
4. - counter-relief reverse without number

In total around ~ 149.000 pieces were made by Leningrad mint.

Paul, are you sure that these badges were not numbered by the mint?
Are they numbered by the military units who gave them out?

As the writing style of these badges is always the same I think they were numbered by mint personel.

Gentlemen, I don't think anyone can speak conclusively about what happened in the mint 70 years ago since we weren't mint employees.

I do not see the two number styles in #1 and #2 as the "same" - badges, yes, numbering no.

Since there are unnumbered badges, a reverse (counter-relief) that did not readily permit numbering, and a comparitively small issue of pieces (140K) I've drawn the conclusion, that the numbering, even if "offiically" done, was not done at the mint.