"Badges of the Red Army (1941-1945). Directory directory"

A wonderful book, the author of which is B. V. Hayrapetyan. This edition is part of the Collector's Library series (subsection "World War II: orders, medals, badges"). The book was published by the publisher Collector's Book (Moscow) in 2004. There are also mentions of the Interpress printing house (Hungary). The edition contains 175 pages and is made in a hardcover. This work became the first complete reference book in which all the badges of the Red Army, established during the Great Patriotic War, are systematized. The catalog contains images and detailed descriptions of more than 300 characters. All varieties are described, including the signs "Guard", "Submarine Commander", honors badges of various branches of the armed forces, as well as trial and unapproved projects. For each sign, the historical background of creation, technological features of manufacture, sizes and degrees of rarity are indicated. The book is a fundamental guide for falerists who collect Soviet military awards and insignia. A rarity!