Badge of a Participant of the XII Technology Contest of the Trade Union of the VEF Consumer Electronics Factory in Riga, Latvian SSR, 1980.
Tin, paint, measures 33.5 mm in height x 34.2 mm in width. Features inscription in Latvian language and the VEF factory trademark. Excellent condition.
The acronym VEF stands for "Valsts Eelektrotehniskā Fabrika" (State Electrotechnical Factory). It was founded in 1919. After WW2, it grew into a leading communications technology producer in the Soviet Union and the largest factory in the Latvian SSR which manufactured a wide variety of electrical and electronic products. One of its most popular consumer lines was portable short-wave radio receivers (often used by Soviet cit
Tin, paint, measures 33.5 mm in height x 34.2 mm in width. Features inscription in Latvian language and the VEF factory trademark. Excellent condition.
The acronym VEF stands for "Valsts Eelektrotehniskā Fabrika" (State Electrotechnical Factory). It was founded in 1919. After WW2, it grew into a leading communications technology producer in the Soviet Union and the largest factory in the Latvian SSR which manufactured a wide variety of electrical and electronic products. One of its most popular consumer lines was portable short-wave radio receivers (often used by Soviet citizens to surreptitiously listen to banned western radio stations such as Voice of America and BBC).
Please note, the penny in our photo is for size reference.
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