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01-26-2013, 06:45 AM | #1 |
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This small badge is for tourists?
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01-26-2013, 06:52 AM | #2 |
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Re: Unknown badge.
Strange - nice enamel, but poor details. Word "Moskva" and the flag of (I think) RSFSR would indicate the geografical source and would point to a tourist pin. Yet, it is of much better quality than any Soviet tourist pin I have seen.
Also it's shape is unusual for tourist pins - makes me think of graduate badges. |
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confirm the excellent enamel end poor details, and its measures are 23x16 mm. Its rhomboid shape, suggests a school, but I've never seen anything like it and so small... |
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01-26-2013, 04:43 PM | #4 |
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Re: Unknown badge.
The flag on the right side of the badge looks like that of the RSFSR.
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01-26-2013, 04:47 PM | #5 |
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Re: Unknown badge.
I have seen tiny badges of similar quality enamel for a variety of things including Christmas/New Year celebrations and - as in this case - just a noteworthy Soviet city. Even the pin clasp is the same as others. I think it is simply older (1950s or earlier) and thus the workmanship. In this case, older = better quality.:thumbsup
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Re: Unknown badge.
Found on the Web.
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01-22-2014, 07:11 AM | #7 |
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