1921 Partisan Badge.

[Dolf]

Christer,

As far as I know there are three Variations of this Badge:
- Screwback with S/N
- Screwback without S/N
- Pinback with S/N
(I don't know if there is a Pinback without S/N Variation)

Yours seems to be one of the Screwback variations, right?
Is it numbered? Sorry I didn't check the pic of your Doc before replying :o

According to my sources only about 400 soldiers participated on the Battle for the town of Altanbulag (?) against the Chinese.
Apparently only these soldiers were named as Partizans, but it seems that the Badge was only awarded in the early 40's. It's possible that not all 400 were still alive, so maybe less than 400 Badges awarded by then! I believe that the 1st Variation was the Screwback with S/N . The Pinback Variation was only awarded in the 60's it seems. Probably even less survivors were still alive then I guess.
So I guess this Badge is probably quite rare, specially with a Doc! Congrats!
By the way, as for the Docs, according to Dr. Battushig, on his book "Mongolian Orders, Medals & Badges", there are two types of Docs, one from 43 and another from 74. Yours seems definetely the 43 type.

I have two of these, Screwback without S/N and Pinback with S/N, but no Docs... :cry: (yet... :) )They are really nice indeed, a very interesting piece.

Hope it helps,

Dolf