Soviet Some Air Defense Badges

[Chuck In Oregon]

Aviation has been a hot topic the last few days. Here are some air defense badges.

Chuck

[Riley1965]

Impressive!!! I've never seen this arena of badges.

Doc

[Chuck In Oregon]

Impressive!!! I've never seen this arena of badges.

Doc

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Thanks, Doc. I know there are others out there in this category. I just haven't been able to find them. For instance, if there's a second-level version of the large hanger, I speculate that there must be one of the small hanger. However, I have never come across or even heard of one to date. This was such an important and huge area of defense that there must be a lot of badges. I keep looking because, well, that's what we do.

Chuck

[Guest Rick Research]

Award Booklet:

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unfortunately the splendid cover in no way compensates for the cheap newsprint type paper inside, faded away and browned

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God knows what Sergeant Ivkov's branch/orgnization insignia represent, because I've never found a match!!!

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Front and back. NOT a match to the Award Booklet above. Note the serial number stamped on the screw nut:

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[Stogieman]

Nice booklet Rick. I haven't seen one of these yet. Very nice indeed.

[Chuck In Oregon]

Nice booklet Rick. I haven't seen one of these yet. Very nice indeed.

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It sure is, Rick. I congratulate you on that find. I have a modest Osoaviakhim collection of my own, including a few booklets, but like Stogieman I have never even seen one of that type.

Chuck

[Guest Rick Research]

September 2013 not to cross with your Georgian aviatrix, Chuck. Other than photos of these bages being worn in the 1930s, I have nothing. Still can't figure out what Sgt. Ivkov was--or when, since the ink is now illegible.2

[JapanX]

1937?

[JapanX]

Official line drawing from 1924

Type 1924 collar insignia of tank units