I am collecting pins from socialist countries old and new. And as I looked at this pin it looked newer and cheaper than my other pins. Does anyone know if it might be original as well?
This is a cheap replica officers cap badge sold to tourists for a dollar or so in most Post-Soviet countries. Massed produced tourist memorabilia essentially.
An original would be substantially more faded, and more importantly would not use a butterfly clasp. Soviet awards did not use butterfly clasps as that is primarily an American method of securing awards. The Soviet award uses a flat, long pin design.
The backing is all wrong as well. The star should not be soldered to the laurels, and there should not be a stamp metal triangle.
Thank you, that means it goes in my not original pin box :)
I can also confirm that it’s tourist crap. Source: I bought one.
An original would be substantially more faded
Really depends on the restoration and containment procedures, my grandma’s pins were all shiny because she was taking good care of them
This one isn’t original. I got one in Armenia for cheap along with a bunch of original pins that cost much more. The original ones are usually flat on the back and have an attachment that looks kind of like a soldered safety pin that’s often a bit bent from wear and tear.
Pins like these tend to have the surface flat on the back and the clasp is usually way more similar to a sondered flat safety pin.
Looks like a cap badge from a Soviet officer cap.
