Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Newly Listed measuring 65 mm (w) x

measuring 65 mm (w) x 130 mm (l) x 30 mm (h)

Instituted 1823

and its fall under Cetshwayo in the Zulu War of 1879

and with a crescent moon and star in-between each arm

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

Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Newly Listed measuring 65 mm (w) xConstructed 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.