Brass, nickel plating, enamels, lacquer; 49.9 x 25.3 mm. The merchant ship sailing on the top of the globe and the scroll with the acronym of the school ЛАМУ ("LAMU") is a separate superimposed part. The badge is of very high quality typical of the early manufacture.

Excellent condition. The enamels, nickel finish and lacquer are perfect. The screw post is full length, approx. 8 mm, and includes the original screw plate with the Russian-language logo of the Darbs factory in Latvian SSR.

This scarce piece is the earliest known version of the Le

Brass, nickel plating, enamels, lacquer; 49.9 x 25.3 mm. The merchant ship sailing on the top of the globe and the scroll with the acronym of the school ЛАМУ ("LAMU") is a separate superimposed part. The badge is of very high quality typical of the early manufacture.

Excellent condition. The enamels, nickel finish and lacquer are perfect. The screw post is full length, approx. 8 mm, and includes the original screw plate with the Russian-language logo of the Darbs factory in Latvian SSR.

This scarce piece is the earliest known version of the Leningrad Arctic "Seafaring" School graduation badges. More commonly referred to by the abbreviation "LAU" (ЛАУ in Russian), this merchant fleet college opened its doors in the summer of 1945, immediately after the end of the Patriotic War. This unique college was specifically tasked with preparing specialists for the Soviet polar stations as well as crews of icebreakers and other ships designed to operate in high latitudes. Although technically a civilian school, it also provided naval training; its graduates received the rank of junior lieutenant of the naval reserves. The school closed in 1991, just before the breakup of the Soviet Union.

/Avers 8, Catalog of Soviet Badges and Jettons, 1917-1980, page 570, fig. 2891/
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