10-21-2002, 07:22 AM
Zastava is correct, it is a fantasy item.
But, the question remains, is there a genuine OO (special sections, aka osobiye otdely, aka 3rd Military Counter-Intelligence Directorate, aka UVKR) badge??
I doubt it. The one in the Kutsekno and Rudichenko "blue book" appears to be this known fake. There are also other types of fakes. I have never seen a genuine one, or a picture of one, or heard of one. here is none in the KGB/FSB museum in Moscow either.
All I know of that sets OO personnel apart is maybe the form of their ID pass. And I have never seen a KGB era OO ID, just NKVD era ones. Maybe KGB era ones say nothing as no KGB era IDs I have seen lists the directorate.
Shawn
But, the question remains, is there a genuine OO (special sections, aka osobiye otdely, aka 3rd Military Counter-Intelligence Directorate, aka UVKR) badge??
I doubt it. The one in the Kutsekno and Rudichenko "blue book" appears to be this known fake. There are also other types of fakes. I have never seen a genuine one, or a picture of one, or heard of one. here is none in the KGB/FSB museum in Moscow either.
All I know of that sets OO personnel apart is maybe the form of their ID pass. And I have never seen a KGB era OO ID, just NKVD era ones. Maybe KGB era ones say nothing as no KGB era IDs I have seen lists the directorate.
Shawn
