pluribus Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 (edited) Several Red Army elite units existed during the Russian Civil War in 1918-20. Most famous of them were Estonian and Latvian Red Riflemen units. Lenin used thouse units as his body guards. Here you can see a badge of the Latvian Red Riflemen issued to commemorate a 50th anniversary of the unit. The badge is big and heavy. It has a multipiece construction and a screwback attaching system. It`s a quite rare badge. Edited February 11, 2008 by pluribus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koopyetz Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Pluribus:May we please see the reverse.ThanksRick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluribus Posted February 10, 2008 Author Share Posted February 10, 2008 Pluribus:May we please see the reverse.ThanksRick Sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dienna Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I have seen the Latvian badge and the Estonian badge from time to time. Does anyone know if there were specific award documents for these badges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluribus Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 I have seen the Latvian badge and the Estonian badge from time to time. Does anyone know if there were specific award documents for these badges? Yes, there were. I have a document for the Estonian badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dienna Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Yes, there were. I have a document for the Estonian badge. I would love to see it, if you wouldn't mind posting it. The Estonian badge was numbered, unlike the Latvian badge. I presume that the Estonian award document has the number of the badge recorded? Thank you, pluribus ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluribus Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 (edited) I would love to see it, if you wouldn't mind posting it. The Estonian badge was numbered, unlike the Latvian badge. I presume that the Estonian award document has the number of the badge recorded? Thank you, pluribus ! Yes, it has a number of the badge in it. Edited April 14, 2011 by pluribus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dienna Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Very nice ! Thank you for posting the award document. I recently acquired the smaller example of the Latvian badge to go with my full-size example. Both were produced in Latvia. There was also an example of the larger size badge that was produced in Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluribus Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 I recently acquired the smaller example of the Latvian badge to go with my full-size example. Is it possible to see a photo of the smaller badge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dienna Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Is it possible to see a photo of the smaller badge? Yes, I will be happy to post photos of it next to the larger style. It may take me a few days, but I will do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Dienna Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 The full size badge is on the bottom, the smaller version on top. Unfortunately the photo was primarily focused on the larger badge, so the smaller version does not show up as well, but it has splendid detail. The screw plate on the reverse of the smaller badge is, I believe, "Riga" marked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluribus Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 The full size badge is on the bottom, the smaller version on top. Unfortunately the photo was primarily focused on the larger badge, so the smaller version does not show up as well, but it has splendid detail. The screw plate on the reverse of the smaller badge is, I believe, "Riga" marked. Thank you Bill. The smaller version must be very rare. I never seen this before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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