07-19-2010, 03:07 AM
Greg Collins Wrote:Though not strictly security, this is Interior Ministry and, frankly, I don't know where else to put it. This is a Volunteer Fireman's badge. I saw it and was intrigued by the similarity to the other volunteer badges; talked the seller down quite a bit and, voila!, mine. As you can see, it took a pretty hard knock at 11 o'clock, but still a nice piece.
How did you know what time the badge was damaged?:rolleyes::D
It seems as good a place as any since all of the Warsaw Pact countries (and a few others) seem to have had their fire departments under the same ministry as at least internal security. I also believe there are a few other countries - including the USSR - that had awards that were nearly identical for fire and national police.
These are fairly solid, well-made badges especially considering the multi-piece construction. The wheat and torch are not a third piece like on the police assistant badges, are they?
Phillip
Phillip
