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04-07-2007, 12:55 PM | #1 |
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Graduation or memorial badge?
Got this one recently, it is a nice badge which seems to be multipiece. The 1TAU (TAY) text is written on blood red enamel. I make the guess that this badge is related to an artillery university, from the crossed barrels and TAU which might mean "something"-Artillery University. It seems a bit too nifty for a graduation badge, but I might be wrong.
Anyone with any more information to add? Screwplate is not original. |
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04-07-2007, 09:39 PM | #2 |
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The Tbilisi Artillery School badge, I think. Open for more than a century now.
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04-08-2007, 04:16 AM | #3 |
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04-08-2007, 07:24 AM | #4 |
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Having examined it even closer, I am afraid this one might be a fake. The screwpost is ... a screw that has been glued to the badge. The badge is still nice however.
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04-08-2007, 07:36 AM | #5 |
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Tretov,
These became - and still are - extremely available at any club meeting, with about 30 different varieties. Marc |
04-08-2007, 10:49 AM | #6 |
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I have not seen badges this advanced at the "collector" meetings, just the usual diamond shaped higher education ones with customized gradua plates. Well, something learned at least!
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