Soviet What Is "Geronimoooooooo!" In Russian?

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Another source of info about soviet para badges will be brochure written (in french) by Antonio Carbonell

"Brevets Parachutistes 1931-1991"

74 pages long

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Examples of pages

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But the best source of info (as for today) undoubtedly will be series of articles by Tararushkin A.N.

These articles appeared in journal Petersburg collector in 2010 (issues 57, 58, 59, 60 and 62)

http://pk.awards-su.com/

and in 2011 (issues 64, 65 and 66)

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Examples of pages

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A short extract from Parachute training

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In conclusion two interesting photos of cavaliers

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[Chuck In Oregon]

Here are examples I picked up along the way. I think this is all of them.

[JapanX]

Parachutist-sportsman, parachutist-instructor, master of sport ...

Impressive set!

[Chuck In Oregon]

Parachutist-sportsman, parachutist-instructor, master of sport ...

Impressive set!

Thank you, Nick. I'll post a better picture as soon as I can find some sort of foam board to use behind them. Just laying them on a hard surface gives a result like this.

Chuck

[JapanX]

Please do it Chuck (obverse/reverse) and I'll try to date them for you

[Chuck In Oregon]

OK. These are the pictures I should have posted:

Some recent correspondence with Hauptmann has inspired me to get back into my collections. I'll be posting more.

Thank you.

Chuck

[JapanX]

These two badges are pretty interesting

[JapanX]

These were introduced on April 29, 1936.

Parachutist-sportsman badge.

at least 5 jumps + 1st grade GTO + 2nd grade Voroshilovsky strelok = Parachutist-sportsman

These two badges were manufatured in 1939-1941 by "IZO"/"ИЗО" in Leningrad.

Awarded until 1949.

Badge "I" has correct screw, badge "II" incorrect one.

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Two cavaliers of parachutist-sportsman badge

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Interesting photo.

Soviet para`s in Hungary

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Back to sportsman-parachutist badge

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[Chuck In Oregon]

These were introduced on April 29, 1936.

Parachutist-sportsman badge.

at least 5 jumps + 1st grade GTO + 2nd grade Voroshilovsky strelok = Parachutist-sportsman

These two badges were manufatured in 1939-1941 by "IZO"/"ИЗО" in Leningrad.

Awarded until 1949.

Badge "I" has correct screw, badge "II" incorrect one.

That information is really interesting and helpful. I'll add your references to my collection and maybe 1-2 of your pictures. I picked up all these badges one at a time at the Dry Bridge flea market in Tbilisi over a period of 3-1/2 years. Money in my pocket and time on my hands and that's what I do.

Thank you for all your work... again.

Chuck