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Stalin Era Labor Awards, 1930s-50s
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"Shock Worker" Award Badge featuring Stalin's portrait on red enameled "rosette",
1939. A well-made badge in VF condition.
Badge to a Shock Worker of the XVII Congress of VKP(b), Stalinskiy District, 1934.
Magnetic steel, silver plating, enamels.
Badge in Commemoration of the 5th Anniversary of the Stalin
Railway Worker's Day, 1940. A very uncommon award for best
railroad workers issued early during WW2, just before the
German invasion of the Soviet Union. In outstanding condition
and includes original maker marked screw plate.
To see other badges of railway workers currently in stock, follow this link: "Soviet Railway Awards"
Turksib Railroad Construction Badge, in Bronze, 1930. Awarded for one of the two
most important projects of the First Five-Year Plan. Beautiful piece in VF
condition; includes original screw plate.
Kaganovich Subway Badge, 1938, #14709. A beautiful
award in superb condition - in our opinion, impossible to upgrade.
Badge to a Shock Worker of MVS (Moskva - Volga Canal
Construction), 1930s.
In excellent condition and includes original maker marked
screw plate.
Badge for the Development of the Pechora Coal Basin, 1940s-50s.
Unlike most other GULAG prison labor awards, this badge actually shows the "MVD"
(Ministry of the Interior) designation. In excellent condition.
Stalin Campaign for the Bolshevik Sowing and High Harvest, award badge, early to mid 1930s.
Very fine condition.
Badge of a Shock Worker of Stalin Campaign for Large Harvest
in Chelyabinsk Region, 1933. Variation without the wire
attachment of the Stalin's portrait. In excellent condition.
Stalin Aircraft Factory #19, Narkomat of Heavy Industry, award
badge, early to mid 1930s. Beautiful badge in excellent
condition.
Badge for Excellence in Socialist Competition, Ministry of
Agricultural Machinery Manufacture,
#A-2746, 1946 - 1953. In outstanding, excellent condition
Award document for the badge for Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Transportation Machinery Construction, 1951. Issued to a female worker of the famous Kirov Plant in Leningrad for outstanding results in building steam engine locomotives or other railroad equipment. EXC condition.
Award document for the badge Excellence in Socialist Competition
of the Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry, 1956 issue.
Badge for Excellence in Socialist Competition, Narkomat of
Coal Mining, Type 2 Var. 1
(flat back), #13343, 1941-1946.
Badge for Excellence in Socialist Competition, Ministry of Coal Mining Industry,
Type 1, 1949-1953. A relatively large piece featuring portraits of Stalin and
Lenin. Excellent condition.
Badge for Excellence in Socialist Competition, Ministry of
Coal Mining Industry, Type 2, early 1950s.
Excellent condition.
Badge for Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry
of Southwestern Oil (Yuzhzapadneft), #609, 1946-48. Excellent
condition. The ministry was one of the shortest-lived: just
two years after its inception, it was absorbed into the larger
Ministry of Oil Industry of the USSR. Note the three-digit
serial number, extremely low even for this relatively scarce
badge.
Badge for Excellence in Socialist Competition, Ministry of Construction Materials Industry,
#5545, 1946 - mid 1950s.
Excellent condition.
Badge for Excellence in Socialist Competition, Narkomat of Ferrous Metallurgy, Type 2, #11207, 1941-46. In excellent condition and includes original screw plate.
Badge for Excellence in Socialist Competition, Ministry of Forest Industry, #8037, 1947 - 1950s.
Fine condition.
Badge for 10 Years of Irreproachable Service with the State Forestry, circa 1950s.
In excellent condition and includes original screw plate.
Badge for 20 Years of Irreproachable Service with the State Forestry, circa 1950s .
Extremely attractive and well made piece in outstanding condition.
Honored NKVD Road Builder, Type 1 in hallmarked silver and enamels,
#10009, 1941-45. A scarce and impressive WW2 piece in fine to very fine condition.
Includes original hallmarked washer.
Badge of Honored Road Builder, #5006, circa mid- to late-
1940s. A magnificent, near mint example - literally impossible
to upgrade. Includes original maker-marked screw plate.
Badge of Honored Railway Employee, Type 2, #27536, c. early- to mid-1944. Highest
WW2 award for Soviet railroad workers. Note the low serial number. The badge is in
superb condition.
Shock Worker of Stalin Labor Campaign badge, Type 1, #6996, circa mid-
1930s. Early 3-piece version with extremely low serial number. In superb condition
- possibly the best of its type we've handled. Includes scarce original screw
plate.
Shock Worker of Stalin Labor Campaign badge, c. early to late-1950s. Late model
with bright nickel finish, thin screw post, and early-style "ShMZ-d" screw plate.
Superb condition.
See other Stalin era Railway Badges in our Soviet Railway Awards Section.
Badge of an Honored Worker of Seafaring Merchant Fleet, Type
1, #4459,
circa early 1940s issue. Early version with counter-relief and
serial number to the reverse. In excellent condition and
includes original screw plate.
Soviet Merchant Ship Sailor Hat Badge or Breast / Lapel Badge, Larger 32 mm
version in steel and enamels, c. 1940s - early 1950s. Excellent condition;
includes original maker-marked screw plate.
Badge of Honored Worker of Seafaring Merchant Fleet, Type 2, early variation without counter-relief and mint mark, #6764, circa early 1950s. Excellent condition.
Excellence in Socialist Competition, Narkomat of Food
Industry, Type 2, #16031, circa 1945-46.
Brass version with counter-relief to the reverse, in excellent
condition.
Badge for Excellence in Flour Milling and Cereals Industry,
Narkomat of Procurement,
#1496, 1939 - 1946.
In outstanding, excellent condition.
Badge for Excellence in Agricultural Procurement, Narkomat of
Procurement,
#6508, 1939 - 1946.
In very fine to excellent condition.
Badge for Excellence in Socialist Competition of Craft Cooperatives
(Promkooperatsiya), Vsekopromsovet (USSR Central Council of Cooperatives)
issue, #0693, circa 1938-39. A very impressive pre-WW2 award in outstanding
condition; includes original screw plate. Note the very low serial number.
Badge for Excellence in Peoples Education of RSFSR, Type 1 (the larger, or "Narkomat" type), 1944-1946. Attractive piece in excellent condition.
Badge for Excellence in Peoples Education of Ukraine, Type 1, 1944-46, with original
issue case. In outstanding condition and includes original washer and screw plate.
Badge for Excellence in Peoples Education of Ukraine, Type 2,
1946-early 1950s. Excellent condition.
Badge for Excellence in People's Education of Georgia, Type 2, #813, late 1940s - 1950s.
Badge for Excellence in Peoples Education of Karelo-Finn SSR,
#160, early 1950s.
Rare badge awarded prior to 1953 when the republic lost its
full Soviet Republic status and became an autonomous republic
within Russian Federation. In excellent condition.
Badge for Excellence in Peoples Education of Kirgizstan, Type
1
(Large, "Narkomat" issue), 1944-1946. In very fine condition.
Badge for Excellence in Peoples Education of Tajikistan, Type 1
(Large or "Narkomat" type), 1944-1946. In very fine to excellent condition.
Badge for Excellence in People's Education of Belorussia, 1946 - early 1950s. A
very attractive and scarce Stalin-era badge in outstanding condition.
Badge of an Excellent Healthcare Provider, Type 4, #64018, 1949-1960. Screw
back version in brass and high-quality enamels. In excellent condition.
Medal of a Participant of the All-Union Agricultural
Exhibition, variation with pinback suspension, 1954-55 issue.
In very fine to excellent condition. Known under
the abbreviation VSKhV, this permanent exhibition in Moscow
later became the famous VDNKh (Exhibition of Achievements of
the National Economy of the USSR).
All-Union Agricultural Exhibition, participant's badge, circa 1954-58. Excellent condition.
Bus Fare Enforcement Officer, Ministry of Automobile Transportation and Highways,
#1598, circa 1950s. In very fine to excellent condition, an attractive piece free
of significant flaws.
Badge for Mastering the Equipment (ZOT), #81717, 1934-35. An interesting badge from of the industrialization period showing the profile of "young" Stalin. Excellent condition.
Badge for Creative Successes #1180, 1951.
Awarded to a Participant of the 10-Day Festival of Ukrainian Art and Literature in Moscow. In excellent condition.
Soviet Badges: Labor Heroes and Shock-Workers , Volume 3 of the
series by Igor Sysolyatin. This deluxe 335-page hardcover includes most up-to-date
prices and is the most complete reference guide on the subject. Published in early
2022; unlike the first two volumes of the series, there were only 100 copies in
print. This superb book is an instant bibliographic rarity. Russian text.