"Moscow" press badge

[livesinayurt]

I stumbled across this intriguing press badge at a flea market in Tashkent. I don't think it's particularly rare or valuable, but I am hoping to learn more about it.

 

The badge is quite heavy and feels very high quality (not surprising since it has a Moscow Monety Dvor mint mark). So it's likely made of brass and hot enamel. It is engraved with "Tashkent city. 1966." I've found a few other examples online (e.g. https://meshok.net/en/item/134933522_Знак_Пресса_Москва_тяж_ММД) but none with engraving. 

 

My questions are:

 

1) Any idea what organization this was used for? I was familiar with Radio Moscow, so that was my first guess. But it seems odd that it's just "Moscow" here... There was a literary journal titled simply "Moscow", but it seems unlikely that they would have press badges... The script on the badge does not appear to match either publication, but that doesn't rule them out at all. 

 

2) Any idea why it was engraved? Since I haven't seen other examples, I am guessing this may have been done by an individual and was not an official part of the badge (though if this is a case, they did a very nice job with a rotating tool!). My working theory is that it was a reporter who covered the aftermath of the devastating 1966 earthquake in Tashkent and did the engraving him/herself as a memento. Of course, that would be neigh impossible to verify. 

 

Would love to hear any additional thoughts or ideas. Thanks.