Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Hold possibly named Schreyer

possibly named Schreyer

The success of the raid prompted the War Office to expand the existing airborne force

a central five point star is superimposed within a white enamel ring inscribed ЗА СЛУЖБУ РОДИНЕ В ВС СССР (For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR)

a 1939 Kreistag badge

the Pennsylvania Medical Society and the Fayette County Medical Society

Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Hold possibly named SchreyerConstructed of bronze and enamels, depicting a coal worker holding a pneumatic hammer in one hand while wielding a flag bearing a profile of Stalin and Lenin looking left, the reverse with a threaded screw post and a non matching screw plate, unmarked, measuring 27. 11 mm (w) x 39. 9 mm (l), in fine condition.