Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Newly Listed The decoration is on its

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

Loadmaster Badge (in gilt metal with red and orange enamels

a Canadian Women's Army Corps Jacket Patch (four-colour embroidery on chocolate brown wool

is trimmed from end-to-end with dark green piping

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

Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Newly Listed The decoration is on itsConstructed 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.