Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Newly Listed disembarking in Korea the next

disembarking in Korea the next day

Loadmaster Badge (in gilt metal with red and orange enamels

with fingermarks evident on the inside covers

and its fall under Cetshwayo in the Zulu War of 1879

The decoration is on its period ribbon with a hook and eye and a rosette

Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Newly Listed disembarking in Korea the nextConstructed of bronze and enamels, depicting a coal worker holding a pneumatic hammer in one hand while wielding a flag bearing a profile of Stalin and Lenin looking left, the reverse with a threaded screw post and a non matching screw plate, unmarked, measuring 27. 11 mm (w) x 39. 9 mm (l), in fine condition.