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16 GOOD SOVIET BADGES

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16 GOOD SOVIET BADGES. From top to bottom, left to right: a Voroshilov Horseman Badge, a Khalkhin Gol badge, a Red Army Sniper Badge, a Glory to the Soviet Army badge, an excellent Locomotive Engineer badge, an Osoaviakhin Sailor badge, a Ready for Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Chemical Warfare badge, an Excellent Worker in Socialist Competition badge, Battle of Lake Khasan badge, Mining Institute Graduate badge, a good vintage Friends of the Air Fleet badge, Honored Railway Employee, a DOSAAF badge, a KGB Naval Border Guard Ship badge, and a Shock Worker of Stalin Labor badge and an excellent RKKA Serviceman Badge (unnumbered). Greatest measurement 4.5cm.

Provenance:
The lifetime collection of the late Professor Holmes A. Semken (1935-2024)

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16 GOOD SOVIET BADGES

Lot 0245

Estimate $100-$200Apr 28, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT

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SPRING FINE ART & ANTIQUES AUCTION - DAY 1

Apr 28, 2026 10:00 AM EDT

Cedar Falls, IA, United States

SCARCE ORIGINAL KHASAN BADGE, BOOK & ANOTHER: SCARCE ORIGINAL KHASAN BADGE, BOOK & ANOTHER. Comprising an original Battle of Lake Khasan badge with original issue award booklet dated 1938 named to Nikaphor Parfirevich Nesterov and with photo

Apr 28, 2026SCARCE ORIGINAL KHASAN BADGE, BOOK & ANOTHER

8 VOLUMES ON SOVIET UNIFORMS, INSIGNIAS & MEDALS: 8 VOLUMES ON SOVIET UNIFORMS, INSIGNIAS & MEDALS. Including Paul McDaniel and Paul J. Schmitt's Comprehensive Guide to Soviet Orders and Medals. Together with Paul Schmitt's Echoes of War:

Apr 28, 20268 VOLUMES ON SOVIET UNIFORMS, INSIGNIAS & MEDALS

SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER: SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER. Comprising a good propaganda poster disparaging Humanism. Depicting a figure near gallows constructed of the word HUMANISM, and below, "Rope, bullet and ax - That

Apr 28, 2026SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER

SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER: SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER. Comprising a good Soviet patriotic poster depicting a soldier in military uniform in the foreground, with a multicolored star at the center containing a photograph

Apr 28, 2026SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER

SOVIET EDUCATION PROPAGANDA POSTER 1946: SOVIET EDUCATION PROPAGANDA POSTER 1946. Comprising an interesting Soviet propaganda poster promoting the virtue of education and culture, "Our Country Must Become the Most Educated and Cultured in

Apr 28, 2026SOVIET EDUCATION PROPAGANDA POSTER 1946

SOVIET COLLECTIVE FRAMING PROPAGANDA POSTER 1949: SOVIET COLLECTIVE FRAMING PROPAGANDA POSTER 1949. Comprising a good Soviet propaganda poster promoting the virtues of collective farming, depicting an agricultural scene in the foreground, with an

Apr 28, 2026SOVIET COLLECTIVE FRAMING PROPAGANDA POSTER 1949

CLASSIC SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER: CLASSIC SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER. "Peace, friendship, solidarity - No to Fascism!" a good propaganda poster depicting a woman in a defiant pose with her right fist extended forward,

Apr 28, 2026CLASSIC SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER

SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER GROUP: SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER GROUP. Comprising a 4-piece ensemble poster group which together depict an industrial worker, together with text poster which reads "Go Forward, Five Year Plan."

Apr 28, 2026SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER GROUP

SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER: SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER. Comprising an almost comical propaganda poster promoting fitness. Upper left text reading, "Propaganda poster #1233 From the Union of Artists USSR," and text on

Apr 28, 2026SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER

SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER, 1969: SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER, 1969. Comprising a classic anti-capitalist propaganda poster, "We'll Build our New World. The Party is Our Navigator," a good cold war era poster depicting a

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SOVIET COLD WAR MAY DAY POSTER - 1953: SOVIET COLD WAR MAY DAY POSTER - 1953. Comprising a dynamic May Day propaganda poster, "Salute to the first of May," a good soviet propaganda poster depicting 8 young men and women in the foreground,

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EXCELLENT SOVIET PROPAGANDA POSTER - 1946: EXCELLENT SOVIET PROPAGANDA POSTER - 1946. Comprising a great Soviet military propaganda poster depicting a WWII heroic soldier in uniform preparing to throw a grenade, charging a distant battle

Apr 28, 2026EXCELLENT SOVIET PROPAGANDA POSTER - 1946

SOVIET COLD WAR STALIN POSTER - C. 1950: SOVIET COLD WAR STALIN POSTER - C. 1950. Comprising a classic Soviet propaganda poster depicting Stalin in the foreground and Marx, Engels, and Lenin in the background with a banner and books. Lower

Apr 28, 2026SOVIET COLD WAR STALIN POSTER - C. 1950

SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER: SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER. Comprising a comical anti-fascist propaganda poster titled The Advocates of "Freedom", depicting 4 quadrants and a poem by M. Raskatova. Upper left, a fist grabbing

Apr 28, 2026SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER

2 SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTERS: 2 SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTERS. Comprising 2 amusing Soviet propaganda posters decrying alcoholism. The first vertical poster, titled Hidden Type of Disease, depicting a man asleep on a table

Apr 28, 20262 SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTERS

3 SOVIET COLD WAR WOMEN PROPAGANDA POSTERS: 3 SOVIET COLD WAR WOMEN PROPAGANDA POSTERS. Comprising 3 striking Soviet propaganda posters featuring women. One of a woman in a field titled We Will Brighten the Earth by Free Labor, another of a

Apr 28, 20263 SOVIET COLD WAR WOMEN PROPAGANDA POSTERS

16 GOOD EARLY SOVIET SHOOTING BADGES: 16 GOOD EARLY SOVIET SHOOTING BADGES. Comprising a good group of various types of early Soviet shooting and marksmanship badges. The top row displays four Voroshilov marksmanship badges, including two

Apr 28, 202616 GOOD EARLY SOVIET SHOOTING BADGES

7 EARLY SOVIET SHOOTING/MARKSMANSHIP BADGES: 7 EARLY SOVIET SHOOTING/MARKSMANSHIP BADGES. Comprising a good group of seven individual screw-back badges, including at top center a Voroshilov 2nd Grade Marksmanship badge stamped GUPVO on verso, to

Apr 28, 20267 EARLY SOVIET SHOOTING/MARKSMANSHIP BADGES

FOUR GOOD EARLY SOVIET BADGES C. 1927-1938: FOUR GOOD EARLY SOVIET BADGES C. 1927-1938. Comprising four good early and earlier original Soviet Revolutionary related insignia. From top to bottom, left to right: a good "Shock-Worker" enameled

Apr 28, 2026FOUR GOOD EARLY SOVIET BADGES C. 1927-1938

3 GOOD EARLY SOVIET BADGES: 3 GOOD EARLY SOVIET BADGES. Comprising a silver-plated screw-back and post enameled badge, "To a Warrior of the OKDVA," numbered on verso 1309, height 42mm. Together with a screw-back enameled badge

Apr 28, 20263 GOOD EARLY SOVIET BADGES

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