Chris S Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 (edited) It ironic that para badges of the Third Reich are often discussed but the Soviet Union pioneered para's and its often forgotten...here is probably one of the first military para badges issued...a 1931 design and first Soviet issue.Chris Edited April 21, 2006 by Chris S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris S Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 The back...these early one's were numbered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris S Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 A thirties Para instructors badge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Very Nice!!! It's good to see these older versions. Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris S Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 The back.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris S Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 Also numbered..but hard to pick up by my scanner ..No..20803.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris S Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 1955 awards..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris S Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 My self landing on a Russian Parachute... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Nice thread, thanks. So much more interesting than those BORING Nazi things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris S Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 (edited) Russian Paracutes...vey reliable...here we do a 150 M Jump. Edited April 21, 2006 by Chris S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck In Oregon Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Great topic, Chris! There are some very rare variations out there but I seldom found any. While I was in Georgia there was a very serious American collector of parachute badges and insignia working there and he got most of the good ones that became available while he was there. I'm pretty sure there are still some guys wondering when he's going to come back. He bought a lot of stuff, treated everyone well and was quite well respected. He did things right.Here's my modest collection. I figure the little one on the bottom right to be a souvenir, but what the heck, souvenirs need homes too.Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris S Posted April 22, 2006 Author Share Posted April 22, 2006 Chuck...you have some very rare badges there! ....any chance of some close ups...Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Chuck, i have to agree...A very nice collection indeed!!! Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudeman Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I'm afraid more than the bottom right are souvenir badges. Starting with the top three in the upper left, I've never seen such goony-bird looking planes. Also, one of the them doesn't even say "Master", but SSSR and then adds a "D" and a "U" along with a similar wierd "Instructor" that adds letters in the third row. All of the pre-'55 badges look bizarro. Can you tell us anything about these - are they acknowledged homemade pieces or what?I'm not saying people didn't wear or make these intending to deceive, but the only ones I would say are "real" or at least official issue are the '68 issues (single hole suspension), the '55 instructor in the bottom row (with double suspension loops), and the DOSAAF sportsmen ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck In Oregon Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I'm pleased to scan close-ups of any that you ask for, if I can do close-ups at all. Sometimes that seems to be beyond my pay grade. I agree that a couple of these are pretty rare.As for authenticity, I seldom debate the merits of items that I already think are genuine and I do not venture that opinion of items that appear on the forum. I leave that for others to argue. It seems an unusually popular endeavor, but arguing never improves my serenity and I am better off avoiding it. What I will do, from time to time, is offer examples that I own for comparison to something under discussion, or very rarely a comment via PM, but no more than that. There are enough experts in this hobby without me pretending to be one.I merely offer my small collection for viewing here and I hope you enjoy it. Each of these seems consistent with, or a minor variation of, badges in Avers or Likhitskiy. I think there is an authoritative para badge reference book out there somewhere, but this isn't a particular interest of mine and I don't own one.Regarding saying something about them, I recall that I bought two, maybe three, of these at one time and the others one at a time over a period of several years.For the life of me, I have never understood why anyone would jump out of a perfectly good aircraft.Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris S Posted April 22, 2006 Author Share Posted April 22, 2006 ChuckIf you get the chance I would love to see close ups of all your Master and early Instructor badges...it is not often you get a chance to see these.Thanks...Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck In Oregon Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 ChuckIf you get the chance I would love to see close ups of all your Master and early Instructor badges...it is not often you get a chance to see these.Thanks...Chris* * * **I really do have trouble with posting decent images. Operator error. I hope these will suffice. If not, let me know and I'll try again.Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gregory Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 My self landing on a Russian Parachute...Chris,Are you the guy in control of his canopy or the less fortunate individual doing an impersonation of a snow plough?Being dragged across frozen ground near a fence (barbed wire?) is part of the steep learning curve that encourages careful selection of the next DZ.Do the canopies have openings for a bit of forward movement or are they very basic circular designs?David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudeman Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Am I the only one who believes these are not mint issue/manufacture? Originals are mini works of art with nice enameling, beautiful separate details, and crisp lettering. If it's not too much trouble can we see a reverse shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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