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    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.

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    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

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    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.

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