Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Newly Listed Loadmaster Badge (in gilt metal

Loadmaster Badge (in gilt metal with red and orange enamels

he left for the 1st Canadian Entrenching Battalion on the 29th

The decoration is on its period ribbon with a hook and eye and a rosette

measuring 65 mm (w) x 130 mm (l) x 30 mm (h)

and with a crescent moon and star in-between each arm

Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Newly Listed Loadmaster Badge (in gilt metalConstructed of bronze and enamels, depicting a coal worker holding a pneumatic hammer in one hand while wielding a flag bearing a profile of Stalin and Lenin looking left, the reverse with a threaded screw post and a non matching screw plate, unmarked, measuring 27. 11 mm (w) x 39. 9 mm (l), in fine condition.