Russian Federation

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My father's medals, badges and service insignia.

Medal for Long Service, 3rd class:

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Document:

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Breast badge "For Participant of Combat Actions"

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Document

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Breast badge "For Distinguished Service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs"

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Document

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Breast Badges "For Distinguished Service"

1. First class

2. Second Class

3. Second Class (another variant)

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Document (2nd Class)

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Document (1st Class)

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Breast Badge "For Faithful to Duty"

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Document

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Medal "For Distinguished Defence of Public Order"

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Document

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Shoulder insignia

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Patches and hat's badge

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This item is not father's, this is gift of his friend:

Badge of St.Peterburg's "СОБР" (Special Rapid Reaction Unit of the Interior Ministry)

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photo

Edited March 20, 2008 by IVB

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And, finally, full group:

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Chechen campaign...

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Chechen campaign...

[Ed_Haynes]

Any family group is nice to see. This one is especially nice. Thanks for sharing.

I find the mixture of Soviet and post-Soviet (neo-Tsarist) imagery interesting, as is the fairly haphazard mixing of Soviet badges with post-Soviet documents. Despite what we are told to think, the hammers and sickles didn't vanish overnight?

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Chechen campaign...

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Chechen campaign...

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Any family group is nice to see. This one is especially nice. Thanks for sharing.

I find the mixture of Soviet and post-Soviet (neo-Tsarist) imagery interesting, as is the fairly haphazard mixing of Soviet badges with post-Soviet documents. Despite what we are told to think, the hammers and sickles didn't vanish overnight?

Yes, some Soviet badges and medals with new Russian documents were awarded long time. Often real badge and picture in the document are different.

[Guest Rick Research]

Thank you very much for sharing these. Collectors are always a generation behind, since we--obviously--never see things belonging to people on active duty.

All the best to your father and his comrades.

I am also from a police family now in the 106th year of continuous service by at least one and usually more of my family members.