Kev in Deva Posted June 23, 2007 Share Posted June 23, 2007 Hallo Gents I picked up these 7 badges at the Collectors Fair in Deva today 23 June 2007.I am presuming they are from the Communist period but if I am mistaken please feel free to move to the corectarea of the site.Larger pictures of the individual badges to follow, they are made of aluminum.Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Hello Kevin ,nice badges. On ebay you see them also sometimes. 12 cities and the fortress Brest-Litowsk got during the soviet period the title Hero City (list below).- Moskau- Kiev - Leningrad (St. Petersburg)- Stalingrad (Wolgograd)- Minsk- Odessa- Sewastopol- Noworossisk- Kertsch- Tula- Murmansk- Smolensk- Brest-Litowsk (fortress) regardsAndreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 (edited) Hallo Andreas, thanks for the list and information.Here are some close ups of the badges: Moscow- Moskau.Kevin in Deva Edited June 24, 2007 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 (edited) - Sebastopol.Kevin in Deva Edited June 24, 2007 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 (edited) If anybody can identify correctly the names of the cities = to post number, please PM them to me and I will then apply them correctly to the correct pictures!! - NoworossiskKevin in Deva Edited June 24, 2007 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 (edited) - Volgograd - Stalingrad.Kevin in Deva Edited June 24, 2007 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 (edited) - Minsk.Kevin in Deva Edited June 24, 2007 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 (edited) - Kertsch.Kevin in Deva Edited June 24, 2007 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 (edited) Leningrad - St. Petersburg.Kevin in Deva Edited June 24, 2007 by Kev in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 The rear of the badges, a very simple pin attachment.Kevin in Deva. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Kevin,Here are the names of the badges, in the order you posted them :- Moskau- Sebastopol (and not Stalingrad)- Noworossisk- Volgograd (Stalingrad)- Minsk- Kertsch- Leningrad (St. Petersburg)These are nice badges!! Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 Nice ones!The use of Leningrad (and not "St. Petersburg") and of "Volograd" (and not Stalingrad) suggests a date period for these lovelies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 Many thanks Christophe For the translations of the names, seems like I only have to locate5 more badges Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 (edited) Hi,you can find these and other badges in the 60s, 70s and 80s in the Sovietunion in large quantities for some cent. Mostly you can find the original price on the reverse, e.g. 10K, 15K or 25K; 10, 15 or 25 kopeck.Kevin, here are some more, but not all, and two of them with a different design. The Odessa badge is with a makers mark and the price = 10K Edited June 24, 2007 by speedytop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 There are many of these badges with one ore more decorations on it.Here are out of my small collection of those badges the badges for the hero city Minsk:RegardsUwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 Hallo Speedytop many thanks for the info and pictures, especially some of the onesmissing from my set.I believe there were 16 locations that were awarded the designation "Hero Cities" so Ithink it would be correct to take that figure as a "set"??Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted February 3, 2008 Author Share Posted February 3, 2008 Hallo Gents, over the weekend I managed to locate 2 more of these badgesfor Soviet Hero Cities.Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belaruski Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Here's a couple of different Brest Fortress badges. 35, 15 &25 Kopeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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