Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Newly Listed with fingermarks evident on the

with fingermarks evident on the inside covers

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

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

Instituted 1823

Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Newly Listed with fingermarks evident on theConstructed 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.