Help with this Soviet badge marked "FIA Lyon"

[Eric Gaumann]

Can you help me with this strange, Soviet badge, please?

I've collected Soviet items for years now and have never seen a Soviet badge manufactured by a Capitalist Country.  This Soviet style looks to me 1950s, but It could be earlier, even pre-WW2.  It's a long service (10 years I assume) badge issued by a 'sports committee' in the USSR.  Google shows me FIA Lyon started (and still exists) as a badge and medal manufacturer in 1928.

Any ideas?

[nickstrenk]

https://www.google.com/search?q=спотркомитет+ссср+за+долголетнюю+работу&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-ab

In my opinion the topic belongs to Soviet badges division.There are many of them for sale in Russian forums or shops.Material-silver.Here you are with the document -1980.

[Eric Gaumann]

7 hours ago, nickstrenk said:

In my opinion the topic belongs to Soviet badges division.

True, but I know what it is.  I just don't know why it was made in France?  Was hoping one of the learned members here knew a little about FIA Lyon.

[WRANGEL]

Hello Eric,

I have no idea why FIA (which stands for Fabrique d'Insignes Artistiques, formerly Augis a Lyon based maker of badges and medals) got the contract to produce those badges.

The badge is for the Sport Commitee of the USSR. I believe X, XV, XX stands for 10, 15 or 20 years membership ?

Cheers

Bill

Edited February 25, 2019 by WRANGEL