Hi. I wanted to show you some of my latest aquisitions in Russia. I could not get really good medals this time, but I got some really good badges, which I honestly I am starting to like more than the medals themselves. I have in mind a trip to Ukraine. That is a good medals and orders destination.


This one really kicks ass. "Excellent Borderguard, member of KGB" Absolutelly original. The logo at the bottom is the KGB logo. If the picture were better, you would be able to read the Russian characters for KGB in the red enamel.

These badges are really cool. Top left: Komsomol member 1950s. Top right: Excellent worker 1950s. Bottom left: Moscow Olympics, 1980 (obviously). Bottom right: Frontline Soldier. I admit I am not sure, but I think this one was awarded along with the Order of the Great Patriotic War in 1985.


Top: A medal bar. From left to right "For the Victory over Germany", "20, 30 and 40 Years of the Victory over Germany" and "Veteran of Socialist Labour"
Bottom: "Veteran of Socialist Labour" in its both versions silver and dark background. Both are from the Leningradsky Monetny Dvor. To the right, "100 years of the birth of Zhukov"
All these are up for trading. I know they are not the best of medals, but maybe somebody is missing them.


University graduate badges. All top row are for teachers and humanistic studies. Age increases from left to right from 1950s to 1980s


Bottom row are university graduate 1950s, Medicine graduate 1960s, art 1980s and engineering 1980s