Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Newly Listed Instituted 1823

Instituted 1823

Loadmaster Badge (in gilt metal with red and orange enamels

measuring 65 mm (w) x 130 mm (l) x 30 mm (h)

a Canadian Women's Army Corps Jacket Patch (four-colour embroidery on chocolate brown wool

Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Newly Listed Instituted 1823Constructed 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.