Romania Communist Romania R.P.R. - A.V.S.A.P. Badge

[Kev in Deva]

And a stickpin to the D.D.R. set

All I need for this is the "Instructor badge"

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Kev in Deva]

Rear of Items.

The badge was stuck to a school bag with glue,

rather than mess with it I just cut it off the bag.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Gordon Craig]

So far I have the Romanian, Polish, and the D.D.R. badges.

actually I have a Russian version as well, although this does incorporate an aeroplane / glider in the design

as does the Hungarian M.H.S.Z. badge

Kevin in Deva.

Kevin,

A comment on something I failed to note peviously. M.H.S.Z would not be written like this in Hungarian. They do not use periods to separate the the first letters of each word and sz is one letter in the Hungarian alphabet. The short form of the name of this organization can be found written on badges etc. as, M H S (first short form) M H SZ (second short form) and M H Sz (third short form).

Regards,

Gordon

[Kev in Deva]

Kevin,

A comment on something I failed to note previously. M.H.S.Z would not be written like this in Hungarian. They do not use periods to separate the the first letters of each word and sz is one letter in the Hungarian alphabet. The short form of the name of this organization can be found written on badges etc. as, M H S (first short form) M H SZ (second short form) and M H Sz (third short form).

Regards,

Gordon

Hi Gordon,

many thanks for that, its a (Western) habit putting in full stops between letters, I will go back and edit my post.

Kevin in Deva

[Taz]

Did you find the badge in Russia? The article mentioned above stated that AVSAP organised international competitions with participants from similar organisation in neighbouring countries, so in principle there could be several such badges around in the former socialist countries and vice-versa (foreign badges in Romania).

These were all mentioned in the article apart from the bottom two

Romania AVSAP (Association of Volunteers in Support of the Defence of the Homeland)

Bulgaria DOSO (Voluntary organization for participation in defence)

Soviet Union DOSAAF (Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Army, the Air Force and the Navy)

GDR GST (Association for sport and technology)

China CCDS (Central club for Defence and sport)

Czechoslovakia Svazarm (Union for Cooperation with the Army)

Poland PLZ (?)

Regards Eddie

[Kev in Deva]

Hallo Eddie,

thanks for the additional information, Poland is P L Z see the badge picture.

Kevin in Deva. :beer:

[Taz]

Hallo Eddie,

thanks for the additional information, Poland is P L Z see the badge picture.

Kevin in Deva.

Hi Kev,

Yep, the question mark was because I couldn't find you a translation of the initials which was rather wierd. In fact I still haven't even seen another of those badges you have

I'll keep it in mind whilst browsing around though. I would like to know if they were State financed too. Also that H C C T badge is haunting me, where is it from?

you was looking for info? probably seen this but here you go.

But I think:

AVSAP

members in 1959 - 1,380,766

members in 1960 - 2,343,103

On the 3rd March 1962, the name changed to Uniunea de Cultura Fizica si Sport (UCFS)

Numarul membrilor asociatiei a crescut de la an la an, astfel pentru anul 1959, AVSAP-ul numara 1.380.766 de membri, iar in 1960, 2.343.103 de membri.

Cu toate ca AVSAP-ul a format de-a lungul anilor mii si mii de specialisti, a organizat zeci de mii de conferinte si a obtinut o serie intreaga de rezultate notabile in practicarea sportului de masa, activitatea asociatiei pe linia pregatirii populatiei pentru apararea patriei nu s-a ridicat la parametrii scontati. Acest fapt a dus la desfiintarea AVSAP-ului pe 3 martie 1962, prin contopirea ei cu Uniunea de Cultura Fizica si Sport (UCFS)

Regards Eddie

[Carol I]

These were all mentioned in the article apart from the bottom two

Romania AVSAP (Association of Volunteers in Support of the Defence of the Homeland)

Bulgaria DOSO (Voluntary organization for participation in defence)

Soviet Union DOSAAF (Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Army, the Air Force and the Navy)

GDR GST (Association for sport and technology)

China CCDS (Central club for Defence and sport)

Czechoslovakia Svazarm (Union for Cooperation with the Army)

Poland PLZ (?)

Thanks Eddie for the addition. However, I was not asking about the existence of other organisations, but whether there were competitons in other countries as well.

[Carol I]

On the 3rd March 1962, the name changed to Uniunea de Cultura Fizica si Sport (UCFS)

Acest fapt a dus la desfiintarea AVSAP-ului pe 3 martie 1962, prin contopirea ei cu Uniunea de Cultura Fizica si Sport (UCFS)

Actually, the AVSAP organisation was disbanded in 1962 and its assets were taken over by the UCFS (The Union for Physical Culture and Sport).

Anyhow, congratulations for reading the lengthy article in Romanian. :beer:

[Taz]

Actually, the AVSAP organisation was disbanded in 1962 and its assets were taken over by the UCFS (The Union for Physical Culture and Sport).

Anyhow, congratulations for reading the lengthy article in Romanian.

He He, thanks Carol.

I was thinking Kev needed a bit of info, must have misread

So disbanded not a name change, ta for the correction.

Regards Eddie

[Kev in Deva]

He He, thanks Carol.

I was thinking Kev needed a bit of info, must have misread

So disbanded not a name change, ta for the correction.

Regards Eddie

Hallo Eddie,

all information is appreciated, my Romanian language skills are poor

and I am sure there are others out there who are keen to learn as well.

Kevin in Deva.

[Anatoly13]

This is bulgarian badge.

Another piece, (picture from a online sale from a couple of years ago) origin unknown to me.

Gordon info is very scarce on this organization here in Romania, as for Poland hopefully one of our

Polish members might be of some help.

Kevin in Deva.

[Taz]

Thanks Anatoly, Guys,

I got a reply back today from Mr Artur Sniegocki on the Polish badge.

Artur Sniegocki works with Stefan Oberleitner, a well known expert and author of books on Polish awards and badges.

http://klub.chip.pl/asnieg/index.html

It should be read LPZ, see below:

Orginal name is: LPZ (Liga Przyjaciol Zolnierza)

History, names, Polish organization:

1944 - 1950 TPZ (Towarzystwo Przyjaciol Zolnierza, eng: Company Friends Soldiers)

1950 - 1962 LPZ (Liga Przyjaciol Zolnierza, eng: Alliance Friends Soldiers)

1962 - LOK (Liga Obrony Kraju, eng: Alliance Defender Country)

The Polish organization was: LPZ (today LOK)

Regards Eddie

Edited December 28, 2008 by Taz

[Corabia Alex]

A small contribution to this thread :

( PENTRU MUNCA ACTIVA = FOR ACTIVE WORK )

[Corabia Alex]

And now all my AVSAP pins (actually one is missing).

[Corabia Alex]

... and back

[Corabia Alex]

I`ve also come over a moto-cross AVSAP badge this autumn, at a collectors trade in Timisoara,

but the price was unreasonably high.... :angry:

[Kev in Deva]

Hallo Corabia Alex,

a very interesting set of badges.

Kevin in Deva. :beer:

[Corabia Alex]

Thank you ! :rolleyes:

[Corabia Alex]

Never thought I`d see one with a document:

It`s not mine though :(

[Corabia Alex]

Yesterday, Timisoara was the host of another collectors fair.

Since this was announced only one week before, and Suceava and Bucharest have had one at the same time, it was pretty low in interest.

But the person that I've seen one year ago with the moto AVSAP badge was there. Lucky for us he has way too high prices to sell it.

Edited April 18, 2010 by Corabia Alex

[Kev in Deva]

Very rare Membership book for the R.P.R. A.V.A.S.A.P. Organisation.

Member details.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Kev in Deva]

Dues Stamps.

Page layout.

Inside back cover.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Carol I]

Another item for this thread (from eBay)

[Kev in Deva]

Picked this one up at the weekend in Brasov,

it was the last Collectors Fair of the year:-

"PENTRU MUNCA ACTIVA"

Size:- 37mm X 27mm

Kevin in Deva. :cheers: