02-19-2007, 10:32 PM
It does depend on the variety, though. "Usually", yes; "always", no.
This is a rather ambiguous creature. While it is a badge, it is also a "decoration" or sorts. Not knowing where to place it, I put it here,
There is also a confusion that while the badge has a gilt finish, it is very thin and often vanishes/evaporates so that some look silver. Battushig actually lists these as two "grades" and now admits this was an error. There are two types, with no coherence in the observed serial number ranges.
As elsewhere in the socialist world, it was awarded to especially productive workers.
Type 1 -- mirror reverse -- observed serial number range Low=18/High=5009
This is a rather ambiguous creature. While it is a badge, it is also a "decoration" or sorts. Not knowing where to place it, I put it here,
There is also a confusion that while the badge has a gilt finish, it is very thin and often vanishes/evaporates so that some look silver. Battushig actually lists these as two "grades" and now admits this was an error. There are two types, with no coherence in the observed serial number ranges.
As elsewhere in the socialist world, it was awarded to especially productive workers.
Type 1 -- mirror reverse -- observed serial number range Low=18/High=5009
