what are these

Chris · 02-28-2003, 03:04 PM

Hi Folks

I found these today; they must be some sort of commemoration badge.

Interestingly all the badges have their "birth" years on them correctly apart from the Lenin.

First time I have seen them, it would be nice to find the rest to make a complete group.

Just cheap colourful pleasing badges of no real significance I’m sure, but I like em.

Regards Chris

For a Tinnie they are well made

charlet · 02-28-2003, 06:49 PM

I read VLKCM on the badges...I don't really know this institution's history, but are they not the date of attribution? (red banner is of 1922 and here it's 1928. Idem for Lenin, given in 1945?)
just my opinion, sebastien

PS: keep them well! little badges seem cheap but in France we dont' see them yet! they became rare! and diplomas even more! thses stuff are gaining real value.

Tal Inbar · 02-28-2003, 07:41 PM

Those are commemorative badges of the Komsomol, and the year on each badge is the year the specific order was awarded to the Komsomol.

What you are missing to make complete group:

Order of Lenin with the year 1948 and 1956.

See also:http://soviet-awards.addr.com/forum/...=&threadid=872

Tal

charlet
You are wrong in the year the order of the Red Banner was awarded to the komsomol - it WAS 1928.

Chris · 03-01-2003, 02:49 AM

Thanks Tal.

These badges are obviously meant to be worn. If so, were why they awarded.

Or where they distributed on an ad hoc basis?

Thanks again

regards chris

charlet · 03-01-2003, 06:58 AM

ok Tal, that was what I wanted to write-maybe my sentence wasn't well written enough

02-28-2003, 06:49 PM	#2
charlet Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Germany Age: 49 Posts: 791	I read VLKCM on the badges...I don't really know this institution's history, but are they not the date of attribution? (red banner is of 1922 and here it's 1928. Idem for Lenin, given in 1945?) just my opinion, sebastien PS: keep them well! little badges seem cheap but in France we dont' see them yet! they became rare! and diplomas even more! thses stuff are gaining real value. __________________ Sebastien "a spectre haunts Europe, the spectre of communism" (a well-known german bearbed) Last edited by CtahhR; 08-03-2012 at 07:13 PM.

02-28-2003, 07:41 PM	#3
Tal Inbar Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Israel Age: 55 Posts: 2,302	Those are commemorative badges of the Komsomol, and the year on each badge is the year the specific order was awarded to the Komsomol. What you are missing to make complete group: Order of Lenin with the year 1948 and 1956. See also:http://soviet-awards.addr.com/forum/...=&threadid=872 Tal charlet You are wrong in the year the order of the Red Banner was awarded to the komsomol - it WAS 1928. __________________ Under the banner of Marxism-Leninism, under the leadership of the Communist Party--forward to new victories in the construction of communism! Last edited by Tal Inbar; 02-28-2003 at 07:44 PM.

03-01-2003, 02:49 AM	#4
Chris Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 188	Cheers Thanks Tal. These badges are obviously meant to be worn. If so, were why they awarded. Or where they distributed on an ad hoc basis? Thanks again regards chris

03-01-2003, 06:58 AM	#5
charlet Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Germany Age: 49 Posts: 791	ok Tal, that was what I wanted to write-maybe my sentence wasn't well written enough __________________ Sebastien "a spectre haunts Europe, the spectre of communism" (a well-known german bearbed)

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