Soviet WW2 Veteran Badges, Ground Troops & General Issue
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Badge in Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of Victory over
Germany, extremely rare "thick" and massive version with
special "Supreme Soviet style" attachment pin, 1970. This type
of the 25th Anniversary badge was reportedly issued only to a
selected group of Soviet leadership and is noticeably
different from the regular "VIP version" in brass. In fine
condition.

Badge of a Veteran of the 26th Army, circa 1970-72 issue. The army was wiped-out three times over the course of the war and had to be rebuilt three times! Its fourth formation spent most of the time in comparatively less important sectors of the front and was probably understrength through the rest of the war. As a result, its WW2 veteran badge is very scarce compared with veteran badges of most other Soviet armies. In excellent condition.

Veteran Badge in Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the 4th Guards Tank Corps / Kantemirovskaya Guards Tank Division, 1967 issue. An attractive badge of riveted construction with Moscow Mint logo on the reverse. One of the most illustrious WW2 Soviet tank units, the 4th Tank Corps played an important role in the Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk as well as offensives in the Ukraine, Poland and Germany. After the war it was reduced in size to a tank division but retained all the honorifics and awards of the original unit.

Veteran Badge in Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the 4th Guards Tank Corps / Kantemirovskaya Guards Tank Division, 1972 issue. An attractive badge made by the Moscow Mint. One of the most illustrious WW2 Soviet tank units, the 4th Tank Corps played an important role in the Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk as well as offensives in Ukraine, Poland and Germany. After the war it was reduced in size to a tank division but retained all the honorifics and awards of the original unit.

Veteran badge of the 1st Guards Proletarian Moscow - Minsk Motorized Rifle Division, Special Issue in Commemoration of the 50th Jubilee of the Unit, 1976. Issued to a former serviceman of the premier Guards rifle unit in the Soviet military and also one of the most illustrious: the division had as many as four high decorations including Orders of Lenin, Red Banner, Suvorov 1st cl. and Kutuzov 1st cl. In excellent condition.

Veteran Badge in Commemoration of the 55th Anniversary of 1st
Guards Motorized Rifle Division, 1981 issue.
This premier Soviet Guards division was among the most
distinguished and highly decorated of all Soviet infantry
units of the Patriotic War, the first to be elevated to Guards
status for heroism of their troops in 1941. It received a
total of four decorations and three honorific titles. Its 55th
anniversary coincided with the 40th anniversary of the Soviet
Guards and 40th Anniversary of the Battle of Moscow - both
events mentioned on the reverse of its veteran's badge. A very
interesting and colorful piece.

Badge of a Veteran of the 6th Orel Order of the Red Banner
Rifle Division, circa 1970s. An unusually large badge of a
very distinguished unit that was largely destroyed in 1941
while heroically defending the Fortress of Brest and then
fought with great distinction in the Battle of Kursk and the
Soviet Blitz against Japan in 1945.

Badge of a Veteran of the 22nd Krasnodar - Harbin 40th Naval
Infantry Brigade (known as 22nd Rifle Division during WW2),
issued in 1988 in commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the
unit. The division performed exceptionally well in the
Manchurian offensive against Japan in August 1945 and was
instrumental in the capture of Harbin.

Badge of a WW2 Veteran of the 316th Rifle Division / 8th
Guards Rifle Division ("Panfilovite Veteran"). Led by its
legendary commander General Panfilov, this division of the
Soviet Western Front made a heroic stand at the gates of
Moscow upsetting the German timetable for the capture of the
Soviet capital.

Badge in Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the 104th Super Heavy Howitzer Brigade, 1973 issue. Nicely made piece by the Leningrad Mint. The brigade was a highly decorated unit that played an important role in the Battle of Kursk, Bagration Offensive in Belorussia, and the Battle of Berlin. It received the honorific title of "Prazhskiy" for its role in the capture of the Praga neighborhood of Warsaw (not to be confused with the Czech capital which is homophonic in Russian language.) After the war, it was transformed into 232nd Rocket Artillery Brigade.

Badge of a Veteran of Nevskaya Dubrovka, circa early 1970s
issue. The Nevskaya Dubrovka was a key Soviet stronghold on
the bank of the Neva River that was a scene of exceptionally
bloody fighting for much of the Nazi siege of Leningrad. This
relatively early veteran's badge was probably made by the
Lenemalyer Factory. In excellent condition.

Veteran Badge in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the
Operation Neva (Lifting the Siege of Leningrad in January
1944.) A relatively uncommon example of veteran's badge issued
after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, yet in made in
the same manner as Soviet-era badges. In excellent condition.

Badge of a Veteran of Combat on the Neva Bridgehead, circa
late 1960s - early 70s. Issued to one of the surviving
participants of enormously costly and largely unsuccessful
Soviet efforts to break the blockade of Leningrad by storming
across the Neva and dislodging the Germans from the Sinyavino
Heights (on the so-called Mga Bottleneck.)