Badge "Honorary donor of the USSR" No. 3098, 1 type

Bronze, gilding, enamel. Very good collectors condition. Sign type 1 is quite rare. The guarantee of authenticity.

Badge "Honorary donor of the USSR" — introduced by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 24 June 1944. The badge "Honorary donor of the USSR" were awarded with person, many times donating their blood to save the lives of wounded soldiers and officers of the red Army and the civilian population and at the same time conducting the work on involving the population into the ranks of donors. Rewarding by a breastplate "the Honourable donor of the USSR" was made by the Executive Committee of the Union of red cross and red Crescent presentation of Republican, regional, regional and transport Committee of the red cross and red Crescent, as well as the Commissariat of the USSR on representation of health of people's Commissars of Union and Autonomous republics, territorial and regional health departments. Badge "Honorary donor of the USSR" is worn on the right side of the chest, below the orders of the USSR. For all history of existence of this sign it was noted about 50,000 people. In 1980-1990-x years to sign with the presentation now and it is a reduced copy of prachnik, and the identity of the corresponding sample. How many were issued Mechnikov unknown, but, presumably, about 12,000 pieces. And the sign, and pruchnik were made of aluminum and was attached to clothing using safety pins. Doctors and donors, this sign is called "order of blood", because in order to get it you must donate blood at least 40 times. And although the Statute of the mark was noted not less than 40 doses-330 ml, but many honorary blood donors, to the date of receipt, handed over a much greater amount of blood. The average statistical amount as at 1991 was equal to 22 litres. Therefore, even though the sign and jokingly named "the Order of blood" but really it is. And every honorary blood donor in my life saved at least 2 of human life. As, for example, in complex open injuries with blood loss the person shimmers from 5 to 10 liters of donor blood.