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Saw recently this very rare badge for sale.
Only 447 were ever issued.
Introduced on April 13 1937.
Awarded until 1945.

There were two emissions.
300 badges in silver were made by Osoviachim in October of 1938.
Additional 150 badges in silvered tombac were made by Leningrad Mint in May of 1941.

Here comes a badge from second emission.

Obverse

Reverse

Details

Nice thickness

Doc (more rare than the badge itself )

Close-up

Basic info about this badge

From 1972 book Badges of Yakutya

Color plate

Now a badge from the first emission

Obverse

Reverse

Marks

Engraved number

Reverse without screwplate

Marks

Cavalier of this 156 badge was Alexandrov E.T.

Short info about cavalier

Thosa are badges one can only dream about
By the way this post is more than useful as the photos are excellent! Thanks Nick!

The seller currently asks 10 k`s for the badge of second type with doc.
Way too much, is you ask me.
5-6 k`s would be much more realistical asking price.

Btw, what type do you like more?
First or second

Japanx ha scritto: Btw, what type do you like more?
First or second

Aesthetically, I like more the first (413)

Japanx ha scritto:

The seller currently asks 10 k`s for the badge of second type with doc.
Way too much, is you ask me.
5-6 k`s would be much more realistical asking price.

Btw, what type do you like more?
First or second

The first variation seems to be a little more detailed and has a very nice patina but i like more the second variation.

Thanks fot share Nick Beautiful piece.
I like the second.. the white enamel of the first leave me puzzled

I see...
Personally I prefer first type in silver

At least it has all features of original design.
See?

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I really like guilloché under white enamel and its color perla