Soviet Sports Awards
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RSFSR International Sports Tournament of July 1920,
Jeton for Winning a First Prize.
One of the very first Soviet awards or badges of any kind,
issued at the time when Lenin was alive and the Civil War
was
still raging. The striking "revolutionary" design of this
piece is very characteristic of its era.
Soviet Badges: Physical Culture and Sports , Volume 1 of the
series by Igor Sysolyatin. This deluxe 294-page hardcover includes most up-to-date
prices and is the most complete reference guide on the subject. Published in 2020
with only 500 copies in print, this superb book is bound to become a
bibliographic rarity. Russian text.