Chuck In Oregon Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 All that I know of these badges is that they were awarded to a Mr. Kotov of Tbilisi, Georgia. The first is a very early badge of the Trade Union of Film and Photo Workers. What I call them may be a bit inexact but it's what I think they are and what other collectors have called them. I'll have my Avers-8 in October. I hope it will be helpful with problems like these.
Chuck In Oregon Posted May 19, 2008 Author Posted May 19, 2008 The next is the badge of a Stakhanovite of the Trade Union of Film and Photo Workers.
Chuck In Oregon Posted May 19, 2008 Author Posted May 19, 2008 The third badge is in honor of a Red Partisan.
Ed_Haynes Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 (edited) Wow! Lovely unknown things!! Thanks, Chuck. And I look forward to hearing about Avers-8, whether it is worth ALL THAT MUCH money (or not). Edited May 19, 2008 by Ed_Haynes
Chuck In Oregon Posted May 20, 2008 Author Posted May 20, 2008 (edited) You're quite welcome Ed, and thank you for the kind words. I brought back some things that I am very pleased with last week and I'm going to share a few here and in the Imperial Russia forum.The price for Avers-8 is all over the place if you actually try to find one to buy. I spent RU 7,000 ($292.50 that day) plus $20 to wire the money. It's going to travel by bus from Moscow to Tbilisi and my darlin' wife is going to bring it back with her in October. I didn't tell her how heavy it is, so I'm hoping that she doesn't let me down on that. She is going over on behalf of our charity CCRFund . A bunch of vendors in Moscow are asking as much as RU 10.000 for Avers-8. With the limited publication run, I had to fish or cut bait right then, last week. I decided to take a chance, although I admit to heavy misgivings at the time. From time to time I opine that something in my possession is likely "uncatalogued". All that really means is that it isn't in one of my four Avers books or one of my (now 12) Russian badge books or any of my other references and I can't find it anywhere else. I can't prove that something is uncatalogued, I just think it is. I'm hoping that Avers-8 will give me a hgher degree of confidence should I offer that opinion again plus, of course, help me ID a lot more badges than I can ID now. It's different with my early Georgian badges. There's just no place that I know of to research them outside of going to the state museum and local experts in Tbilisi. Speaking of Georgian badges, I'll be posting a couple of pretty interesting examples either this evening or tomorrow. Stay tuned.Chuck Edited May 20, 2008 by Chuck In Oregon
Chuck In Oregon Posted June 3, 2008 Author Posted June 3, 2008 Now I have Mr. Kotov?s documents so I thought I?d share them. I love having documents to flesh out bare metal.The first is his 1933 ?Red Passport?. I would welcome a translation of the more interesting parts, as I would of the rest of the documents. I guess I?ll never be able to read Russian cursive.
Chuck In Oregon Posted June 3, 2008 Author Posted June 3, 2008 And his Trade Union of Film and Photo Workers membership book ...
Chuck In Oregon Posted June 3, 2008 Author Posted June 3, 2008 The first of three one-page documents typed on the flimsiest of paper, back in the day. Like the other two I don't really know what it is, maybe some kind of RKKA ID or pass?
Chuck In Oregon Posted June 3, 2008 Author Posted June 3, 2008 (edited) And the second of the two documents, a spravka of some sort. I believe it awards the Stakhanovite badge. Edited June 3, 2008 by Chuck In Oregon
Chuck In Oregon Posted June 3, 2008 Author Posted June 3, 2008 And the third document. Translation help gratefully accepted.Enjoy.Chuck
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