Snoopy Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 HelloI have just started to get interested in collecting soviet items, so I have a lot of questions. I collect mainly soviet items that don't cost much, since my other hobby is of the expencive kind, and that's collecting luftwaffe memorabilia. A few years back, I was given a collection of soviet pins and badges. I put them in a drawer, and forgot about them. I have recently rediscovered them, and I am currently trying to collect some information about them. I don't read russian, so it's not allways easy.Today, I have a question about a soviet badge, that I have in my collection. Is it correct, that it is a patrol badge for soviet militia members? Can someone please help me with a translation, of the inscription on the badge?All the bestSnoopy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Rick Research Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 That is indeed a badge for a Druzhinnik-- auxiliary police used most often for controlling public drunkeness. I've never been clear on exactly how to categorize them-- part neighborhood watch/part ambulance teams, along the lines of the Guardian Angels--without involvement in preventing crime per se.They wear (wore?) simplified uniforms, and carried photo ID indicating their officially sanctioned service. I don't know if they were/are paid or literally were/are volunteers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 (edited) HelloThank you very much, for all your help. I really apreciate it.All the bestSnoopy Edited March 16, 2008 by Snoopy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Dear Snoopy,you can see the old type of that badge + the Photo-ID-Card here: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtop...st&p=248668You have the new type.Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 Hello ChristianThank you very much. Great badge and document you show, in that link. You have a great collection. All the bestSnoopy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Thank you very much. Great badge and document you show, in that link. You have a great collection. Dear Snoopy,many thanks .But it was cheap & easy to build up such collection in the early 1990s - I had luck, to start so early with collecting Soviet awards.Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteti Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Just to add my two cents on the Druzhinik badge posted by Snoopy... I agree with what Rick posted, but I also noticed last summer when I was in a Ukraine train, that aboard the train one of the stewardess, that seemed to have some authority on the others among other, was wearing such druzhinik badge, but with Ukraine colors (blue and yellow colors) which was very similar to the soviet one in shape and size and even design.My understanding is that aboard every of their train they have such "auxiliary" police and it's a good thing when you see all those people drinking "samohon" and making noise all night!Only problem, she was not really intimidating as we could expect from a druzhinik, but more pretty attractive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belaruski Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 A similar offering from modern Belarus.This is nice as it's issued! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 A similar offering from modern Belarus.This is nice as it's issued!HelloThat's a beautiful badge. All the bestSnoopy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 A similar offering from modern Belarus.This is nice as it's issued!Dear Belaruski,doesn't the inscription say "Ochrane", which means "Secret Police" ?That term had been already used in Czarist Russia.Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IVB Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Hello, Christian!Inscription says: "Druzhinnik of the Guard of Public Order in the Republic of Belarus".Secret Police in Czarist Russia had been called "Okhranka" (Okhrannoye Otdeleniye, that means "Protection Section"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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