Brass, enamels; 35 x 27 mm. Late version of the badge featuring star-shaped logo of the Pobeda Factory in Moscow on the reverse at approx. 10 o'clock position.

Excellent condition. Includes original screw plate showing the matching late version of the Pobeda Factory logo. Please note, our photos show an example; if you order, we will select an identical badge in equal condition from our available inventory.

This "unified type" badge was introduced in 1957 and used until the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was issued to graduates of lower lever military colleges that unlike military academies did not provide a higher education equivalent diploma but were sufficient for officer commission.

/See Figures 320 - 323 in Borisov's Badges of the Soviet Armed Forces, 1918 - 1991./