Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR Sports badge
Article about: Hi Guys, thanks to forum member Rob Truscot, here is a new adddition to my collection. The lettering to the scroll reads in Latin script as "BGTO", or Be Ready for Labour and Defen
Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR Sports badge
Hi Guys, thanks to forum member Rob Truscot, here is a new adddition to my collection.
The lettering to the scroll reads in Latin script as "BGTO", or Be Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, "Будь готов к труду и обороне СССР".
As well as general athletic tests, by the late 1930's the tests had a increasing para military nature to them, such as forced marches, grenade throwing, carrying ammo boxes, etc.
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