Soviet Railway Awards
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Rudzutak Advanced Training School for the Security
Command
Personnel of the Roads of Transportation (Railroads), 3rd
Graduation Class, #26, 1928 issue. A beautiful,
very
elaborately designed piece in hallmarked silver and
enamels of
literally Faberge quality. In excellent condition.
A very small number of these badges were ever issued and only a few are known to exist today. Many of the high level state security / law enforcement officers who had graduated from the Rudzutak School became victims of purges during the 30s. An arrest of the original owner usually led to the badge being confiscated and destroyed. Incidentally, Rudzutak himself was arrested, tortured and executed in 1938 thus making him an "enemy of the people" - and making ownership of the badge bearing his name a very risky proposition!
A very small number of these badges were ever issued and only a few are known to exist today. Many of the high level state security / law enforcement officers who had graduated from the Rudzutak School became victims of purges during the 30s. An arrest of the original owner usually led to the badge being confiscated and destroyed. Incidentally, Rudzutak himself was arrested, tortured and executed in 1938 thus making him an "enemy of the people" - and making ownership of the badge bearing his name a very risky proposition!

Badge of Honored Railway Employee, Type 2, #22278, with a document, awarded on 2
December 1943 to Deputy Chairman of the Court-Martial of the Kuybyshev Railroad.
The badge is in very fine to excellent condition, free of significant flaws. The
document is a very uncommon post-war issue in near mint condition. A very
interesting badge awarded at the time when Kuybyshev was the Stalin's headquarters
and seat of the Soviet government that had evacuated there from besieged Moscow.

Award Document for a Badge for Excellence in Socialist Competition on the Railways, issued on the Red Army Day of 23 February 1967. In very good to excellent condition, perfectly clean and sound. The serial number of the badge is omitted, so this award certificate can go nicely with any appropriate badge from the period.