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WW2 Excellent Soldier Awards
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Excellent Machine Gunner Badge, early version with superimposed hammer & sickle
emblem, c. 1942. An extremely rare and desirable variation in excellent condition
- virtually impossible to upgrade. Includes original NKPS screw plate.
Excellent Machine Gunner badge, NKPS version, early to mid-1940s. In excellent condition, very uncommon for a Soviet combat proficiency badge of WW2 era. Includes original screw plate.
Excellent Machine-Gunner Badge, by MTKh workshop, early 1950s. Rare version not
shown in the Airapetyan's catalog but featured in the reference guide by Khlamkin
with the rarity rating of 5 out of 5. In outstanding condition.
Military Archival Photo of Hero of the Soviet Union Tanker Captain, earned HSU title on the 1st Day of Bagration Offensive in Western Ukraine. Photo taken in 1945-46. EXC condition.
Excellent Mortarman badge, a relatively scarce version by Shcherbinskiy Factory, c. mid-1940s. VF to EXC example showing nice luster to enamel and free of significant flaws. Comes with original maker-marked screw plate.
Excellent Artilleryman badge, first version with
superimposed hammer & sickle emblem, circa 1942.
Scarce
and attractive piece in superb condition.
Excellent Artillery Man badge, mid 1940s. This very early Pobeda Factory version
came immediately after the Type 1 with superimposed hammer & sickle emblem. In
very fine to excellent condition - far better than the average for a badge of WW2
period. A very interesting and uncommon piece!
Excellent Artilleryman Badge, by the Pobeda Factory, circa mid-1940s. EXC condition. Comes with a very interesting original screw plate made out of another proficiency badge "recycled" at the factory.
Excellent Artilleryman Badge, 1953-1957. The last, "Classic Flat" variation of the
badge. In near mint condition.
Excellent Tanker Badge, early to mid-1940s. The earliest variation of the Tanker's
Badge, probably manufactured in 1943. VF/EXC condition, far above average for a
WW2 proficiency badge.
Excellent Tanker badge, by the MTKh Factory, circa late-1940s. Relatively scarce
early post-war version. In very fine to excellent condition, free of significant
flaws. Includes original maker-marked screw plate.
Excellent Submariner badge, early to mid-1950s. An early Cold War example in superb condition - practically impossible to upgrade.
Excellent Torpedo Artificer badge, early to mid-1950s. A nice example of a scarce
Soviet naval badge from the early Cold War era, in very fine to excellent overall
condition.
Excellent Mine Layer badge, early elongated version, mid-1940s. In superb
condition - practically impossible to upgrade! Includes original NKPS screw plate.
Excellent Combat Engineer (Sapper) badge, mid 1940s. Early elongated version by
the NKPS factory. Outstanding condition.
Excellent Combat Engineer (Sapper) badge, early to mid-1950s.
An uncommon post-war version by the Pobeda Factory. In superb
condition.
Excellence in Medical Corps badge, mid-1940s. Scarce early Moscow Artists Cooperative variation w. spade-shaped lower portion. In superb condition, one the best we have seen.
Excellence in Medical Corps badge, NKPS version, mid-1940s. In outstanding
condition and includes original WW2 era screw plate.
Excellence in Railway Troops badge, mid-1940s. VF/ EXC condition, far better than
the average for WW2 Red Army Otlichnik badge, especially as scarce at
Railway Trooper. Includes original NKPS screw plate.
Excellence in Railway Troops badge, "Classic Flat" version by the Pobeda Factory,
early to mid-1950s. A superb example, practically impossible to upgrade.
Excellent Reconnaissance Scout Badge, mid 1940s. Early "square" variation by the
NKPS factory. Very fine to excellent condition; includes a WW2 style NKPS screw
plate.
Excellent Reconnaissance Scout Badge, MPS Factory, c. late 1940s. Early-post war version by MPS Factory (former NKPS), rated 5 out of 5 for rarity in Khlamkin's catalog. EXC condition.
Excellent Reconnaissance Scout Badge, "Classic Flat" version by the Pobeda
Factory, c. mid-to late 1950s. In outstanding condition.
Excellent Signalman badge, NKPS Factory, mid-1940s. Early issue in very fine to
excellent condition. Includes original maker-marked screw plate.
Excellent Signalman badge, mid to late 1950s. The last, "Classic Flat" variation
in outstanding condition.
Excellent Antiaircraft Gunner badge, an uncommon early NKPS version with
"ruffled" wreath, mid-1940s. In outstanding condition and includes original screw
plate.
Excellent Antiaircraft Gunner Badge, c. early to mid-1950s. Relatively scarce Pobeda Factory version of Korean War era. Superb condition.
Excellent Road Builder badge, NKPS factory, c. mid-1940s. The first version
featuring large asymmetrical wreath. VF/EXC condition; includes original NKPS
screw plate.
Excellent Road Builder badge, circa mid-1940s. This distinct early
version probably by the YuKhA factory features very unusual top ornament. In fine
to very fine condition.
Excellent Road Builder Badge, circa mid-1950s. A
very scarce variation by the Pobeda Factory, in outstanding
condition.
Award Certificate for the Excellent Road Builder Badge, Nov. 1944. More Rare than the badge itself, especially wartime issue. VG condition.
Excellent Military Vehicle Driver badge, mid-1940s. A very distinctive early version by the Pobeda Factory. VF / EXC condition.
Excellent Driver badge, late 1940s. Rare MPS version with the "snub-nosed" truck
(Rarity rating 5 out of 5 by Airapetyan). In very fine to excellent condition, a
beautiful example free of significant wear.
Excellent Driver badge, Pobeda factory, mid to late-1950s. In
outstanding condition.
Award Document for Excellent Driver Badge, awarded in December 1943 to a Private
in a Mortar Regiment. Very scarce certificate in VG to EXC condition.
Excellent Cook badge, first version by NKPS Factory, mid-1940s. In outstanding
condition and includes original screw plate of WW2 type.
Excellent Cook badge, by MTKh Factory, late 1940s issue. This
is the second, and in our opinion, scarcer of the two early
post-war "Unified" versions by MTKh. The badge is in excellent
condition, practically impossible to upgrade.
Excellent Tractor Driver badge, by the NKPS factory, mid
1940s. The first version of the badge in outstanding
condition.
Excellent Tractor Driver badge, early post-war variation by the Pobeda Factory,
circa late-1940s - early-50s. In superb condition - practically impossible to
upgrade - and includes original maker-marked screw plate.
Excellent Firefighter badge, by ZKhG Factory, c. mid- to late 1940s. Very early
and extremely rare version of the WW2
fireman's badge in superb condition. Rated 5 out of 5 for rarity in the
Airapetyan's catalog.
Excellent Firefighter badge, "Classic Flat" version by Pobeda
Factory, circa mid to late 1950s.
In near mint condition.
Excellence in the Air Force badge, "Classic Flat" version, 1950s issue.
Established in 1950, the last of the "WW2 Proficiency" series of badges. In
outstanding condition.
Excellence in the Air Force badge, 1950s. Relatively scarce
version featuring two words in the upper part of the white
band. A near mint example, literally impossible to
upgrade.