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Excellent Military Vehicle Driver badge, mid-1940s.

Brass, enamels; measures 45.8 x 36.6 mm; weighs 15.0 g without the screw plate. This Pobeda Factory variation is among the early variations of the Excellent Driver's badge. Features domed center medallion with a star pattern under the red enamel. A very distinctive top ornament consists of five sharply defined scrolls and a small triangle pointing up. The truck is a ZIS-5 model; the road is paved with well-defined cobblestones.

In very fine to excellent condition, uncommonly good for a Soviet military badge of WW2 era. The enamel has only minimal overall wear and rubbing to the center medallion but is completely free of flaking or chips. The details of the truck and wreath are very well-preserved and crisp. The screw post is of full length of over 12 mm. Comes with an MTKh-marked screw plate of circa late 1940s vintage which is not original to the badge and although slightly loose, still fits reasonably well.

/Airapetyan, Breast Badges of the Red Army, 1941-1945, p. 119 fig. 4/.



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