Romania Some Assorted Early Romanian Communist Badges

[Kev in Deva]

Hi Gents,

these are passing through my home, a friend lent me them to make pictures:-

First up:-

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R.P.R. FRUNTAS IN PAZA CONTRA INCENDIILOR.

Kevin in Deva. :beer:

Edited December 29, 2009 by Kev in Deva

[Kev in Deva]

This one is an early

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FRUNTAS IN PRODUCTIE badge.

Painted flags, motif & painted Laurel leaves.

Obvious repair to the pin.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Kev in Deva]

For the musically inclined:-

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RPR - AFA.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Kev in Deva]

I believe Greg Collins has one of these pieces too.

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PRIETEN AL TRUPELOR DE SECURITATE.

Friends of the Security Troops.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Kev in Deva]

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PRP AVSAP Insignia.

Resin repaired pin.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Kev in Deva]

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I have yet to get a translation for this piece.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Kev in Deva]

Commemoration of a bridge over the Danube between Romanian & Bulgaria.

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RPR - 1954 PODUL DUNAREA - AYHAB MOCT

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Kev in Deva]

1950 Military Skiing Championship at Predeal,

(near Brasov, Romania) home of a military "Mountain Hunters" Regiment.

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PRP PREDEAL 1950 CAMPIONATELE DE SKY PE ARMATA.

The front is a little battered and the Clasp to the rear is damaged.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

Edited December 29, 2009 by Kev in Deva

[Kev in Deva]

Cleaning some of the grime of the back revels a name:-

Nicodim Emil.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Carol I]

I have yet to get a translation for this piece.

The text above would translate into something like "Distinguished in the socialist competition on the branch" and the one on the star into "Stakhanovite".

[Greg Collins]

Great stuff, Kevin, and yes, I have the "Friends of the Security Troops" pin. I also have a later version of the "FRUNTAS IN PAZA CONTRA INCENDIILOR" pin which I'm attaching to this post ('70's model, I suspect). With few exceptions, I prefer the RPR pins over the RSR... they seem to have more "soul".

[Kev in Deva]

Some more:-

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RPR Sport Instructor.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Kev in Deva]

Another early piece for sports:-

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RPR POLISPORTIV 1949. Numbered stamped to rear:- 24496

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

Edited January 2, 2010 by Kev in Deva

[Kev in Deva]

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NAVIGATIA-ROMANI.

Commercial Shipping.

Kevin in Deva :cheers:

Edited December 30, 2009 by Kev in Deva

[Greg Collins]

The Danube River Bridge 1954 badge is, quite possibly, the only badge that was made for Romanian wear that has Cyrillic script on it- I haven't seen another. The right side of the badge, translated to Latin script, would read "Dyunav Most"- Danube Bridge. Beautiful badge.

I really like the way the enameling is handled in the 1950 Military Skiing Championship badge. The shading and modeling on the face and uniform had to be done by hand prior to firing- time consuming and not done anymore. Gives the badge the same look of a lot of the posters and illustrations of the '40's and '50's. Has a nice "painterly" feel to it.

The badges with the prominent red star motifs are so Romanian. I believe Romania was the only country to use the distinctive "strawberry" pattern on the star. Really says Romania to me.

The Sport Instructor badge incorporates another frequently used Romanian motif... converging lines indicating the sunrays. This badge, along with it's wreathes and banner placement, has a similarity to the Military Academy badge.

These are all really beautiful examples of RPR insignia.

[Kev in Deva]

Hallo Greg,

thanks for your comments, the Romanian Strawberry Jam enamel always reminds me of that found on some of the Galliopli Stars

Here are another couple of pins that feature it:-

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ARBITRU II, ARBITRU III.

Rears

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Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

Edited January 2, 2010 by Kev in Deva

[Corabia Alex]

The text above would translate into something like "Distinguished in the socialist competition on the branch" and the one on the star into "Stakhanovite".

Hello there,

The writing is "STAHANOVIST" Stahanov was the first Russian worker to brake the working records.

Like the work share in a factory would be 4 engines/day/worker; just an example - I do not know his area of expertise was

and this guy (S.) would make like 100 engines, which is a great achievement you would have to say.

So the Romanians first took this award from the CCCP and later on created a separate thing - "Fruntas in ... " i believe it is, but I'm not sure.

[Corabia Alex]

Also it seems the Bulgarians had borrowed the "order"; see post #11

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=40049

[Kev in Deva]

Hello there,

The writing is "STAHANOVIST" Stahanov was the first Russian worker to brake the working records.

Like the work share in a factory would be 4 engines/day/worker; just an example - I do not know his area of expertise was

and this guy (S.) would make like 100 engines, which is a great achievement you would have to say.

So the Romanians first took this award from the CCCP and later on created a separate thing - "Fruntas in ... " i believe it is, but I'm not sure.

Hallo Corabia Alex,

welcome to the Forum and thank you for the information with regards this interesting item.

Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

[Carol I]

Hello there,

The writing is "STAHANOVIST" ...

Hello, Corabia...

As far as I know, "Stakhanovite" is the English version of the Romanian "Stahanovist", so I do not know where my mistake was. :unsure:

[Corabia Alex]

Hey,

Sorry about that; as there was no other info on that, I could only assume it was a reading mistake,

and further explanations were needed.

[Kev in Deva]

Gentlemen, thank you both for the relative information you both supplied.

Every little bit helps us to understand more

Kevin in Deva. :beer:

[Corabia Alex]

PS: My name is Alex ,

Corabia is the hometown of my mother,

passing point for the troops on the Danube,

in the Romanian Independence War & 2nd Balkan War.