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Old 07-24-2003, 03:25 PM   #1
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I´ve just bought an KGB leitnant m/69 parade uniform and there are a hole for an rombic graduation badge. I wonder would an KGB graduation badge with schield and sword be right for this rank or should it be an academy badge of some other kind? All replies are welcome!
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Old 07-29-2003, 03:17 AM   #2
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It just so happens that I was dismantling my NKVD/KGB website and came across this "essay" on KGB gradudation badges:

KGB GRADUATION BADGES

Graduation Badges are issued to mark graduation from a school, higher school, academy, university or other course. Soviet servicemen are permitted to wear up to a maximum of three graduation badges; one badge from their highest, or most recent, military educational institution, one badge from a civilian higher education institution, and one badge from a Suvorov or Nakhimov military cadet school.

KGB educational institutions, like military educational institutions, are for officers, and in some cases warrant officers, only. Enlisted personnel are trained in their units, at regimental schools or other similar such organizations.

KGB personnel are eligible to receive and wear graduation badges in the same manner as their military counterparts. KGB personnel wore many of the same graduation badges as other military personnel. KGB officers may have attended a Suvorov or Nakhimov military cadet school before entering the KGB. Likewise they may have attended a civilian institution before or after joining the KGB.

Many technical specialists in the Border Guards or KGB Communications Troops attended military schools and academies, in particular signals schools, supply schools, and vehicle-related schools. Border Guards pilots and naval officers attended air force and naval schools. Many high ranking KGB officers, especially in the "uniformed services" attended military academies including the Budennyy Signals Academy, Lenin Military-Political Academy, Frunze Military Academy, and the General Staff Academy.

There were also special KGB educational institutions. However, information on these institutions was classified and little is known to this day. Unlike most badges for military educational institutions those for the state security organs do not have the institution name engraved on them.

The following state security schools were known to have existed in the USSR:

-USSR KGB Higher School. This school was founded by the OGPU in 1930 and located at 4 Pelshe Street, Moscow. Known as the Academy of State Security in the post-Soviet era this did not officially have academy status during the Soviet era though it did provide its officer-cadets with a five year course. This school was named for F.E. Dzerzhinskii. It appears that graduates of the KGB Higher School were awarded the same white, screw-back, diamond shaped "academy" graduation badges issued to graduates of military academies and higher schools. They were issued with a special blue hard-cover award document/diploma.

-KGB Higher Intelligence School. The school likely trained intelligence personnel from the 1st Chief Directorate exclusively.

-KGB Institute of Foreign Languages. This school was in or near Leningrad and trained personnel primarily for the 1st and 8th directorates.

-Academy of Cryptography. Little is known of this institution and it may not have had academy status during the Soviet era. It trained personnel from the 8th (Communications) Directorate.

-Orel Higher Military Command School of Signals, named for M.I. Kalinin (Orlovskoye VVKUS). This school trained military signal troops as well as state security personnel.

There were likely several other KGB schools including; some republican KGB schools, schools for KGB NCOs and warrant officers, an advanced KGB school for higher officers (likely in Moscow).

There were also special courses offered at existing KGB schools or headquarters, such as the KUOS, "kursy usovershenstvovaniya ofitserskogo sostav" (advanced officer training courses).

There are three higher schools identified with the Border Guards. The first two train commanders while the third trains political officers.

-Alma-Ata Higher Border Guard Command School, named for F.E. Dzerzhinskiy.

-Moscow Higher Border Guard Command School, named for the Moscow Soviet.

-Higher Border Guard Military-Political School, named for K.Ye. Voroshilov. This institution is either located in the Golitsyno suburb of Moscow or in an unnamed suburb of Leningrad, reports conflict.

KGB Higher School Graduation Badge

The standard Soviet white diamond-shaped academy badge was used for the F.E. Dzerzhinskii Higher School of the USSR KGB. The badge did not bear a special name plate (many military academy badges did not have a name plate either) so it is indistinguishable from the standard military academy badge. However, it was issued with a hard cover diploma specifying the KGB Higher School.

According to Soviet military usage the white academy badge is reserved for true academies and for higher schools offering a five year course. Higher schools offering a 3 or 4 year course used the dark blue diamond shaped badge. Therefore the well known dark blue and sky-blue diamond shaped KGB school badges, if genuine, were likely used for schools other than the F.E. Dzerzhinskii KGB Higher School.

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