04-28-2011, 06:11 AM
EricFG Wrote:Thanks for the help, gents.
So 70s or 80s, private purchase, unofficial but allowed on the uniform for the School rhombus?
Guys,
Why do you call these "Private Purchase" and "Unofficial"???
Educational institutions had a choice (limited, true, but nevertheless) of possible suppliers: the official mints (LMD, MMD) and other badge manufacturing companies (Pobeda, LenEmaler, etc). Some educational institutions ordered their graduate badges from the mints, some from those companies (which were all at the time - need I remind you - state owned, so no private enterprise to be seen anywhere).
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