Excellent Tankists badge

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Guys, I bought this badge several years ago now from a friend for the price of a repro as he was unsure about it. The screwpost had an old repair and the backing plate was modern. There are a few chips to the enamel.

I did a bit of research on it and found it to be OK.

Cheers, Ade.

[Dom]

Hi Ade,

yes good badge , ШМЗ / Mechanical stamping factory .

[robin morley]

Cannot see any problems with this one, very similar to one of my own.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Thanks as always for the comments.

Funny thing is, I just bought another one at the weekend.

Cheers, Ade.

[robin morley]

These 'excellent' badges are addictive, between these and Orders of the Red Star its easy to spend far to much money.

[Dom]

Some "Excellent Tankists badges" , the third is particularly interesting, modified with the new emblem of the armored forces (T34 design) Model 1952 .

[robin morley]

Nice badges Dom, the third one is new to me, havn't seen one like that before. Do you know who the manufacturer is.

[Dom]

Thanks Robin ,

officially this badge does not exist, it is a personal modification with armored insignia 1952

[robin morley]

Dom, Thanks for showing, there always seems something new to discover.

[Bill Garvy]

Another example. . .