Soviet 1950's Military Pilot Badge

[Stogieman]

Here's an interesting 1950's Military Pilot, 3rd. Class. But wait! It has a flat space and a stamped serial number!

The screw nut bears a Czech maker mark, so....... does anybody know..... is it Soviet, or a slavishly copied piece used by the Czech military???

[gor]

Yes, it's Czech , they used the same design in aviation badges but with a numbers.

[Riley1965]

I have the same 1950's wings but the Soviet version. No s/n

Doc

[Stogieman]

Thanks Igor, glad to have that cleared up. I'm still very happy to have this as it cost a whopping $1.98!

[gor]

It's much more rare than soviet.

[Stogieman]

The twin and I were wondering how many were issued.... this one has a pretty low number!

[meyerse]

I have a pair of navigators badges (1st and 2nd class) with these Czech nuts, did they copy those as well?

[meyerse]

Pics, nuts look to be Czech, so I suppose these are not Russian? I've seen claims both ways.

[meyerse]

Double post

Edited September 29, 2012 by meyerse

[meyerse]

MOre

[meyerse]

and the front

[Eric Gaumann]

Sorry for the late reply Meyersee. They sure look like Soviet, Pobeda factory badges. What do the nuts say? I can't quite read them.

[meyerse]

The nuts are czech, so I would guess the badges are as well.....