Token of the Special Department №27

the USSR, 1918-22, the Original bronze badge with the abbreviation "operating system. SEP. 27» ( "Special section 27»?) located in very good for kopanova of the subject state. Guaranteed original. Special departments were established on December 19, 1918 by the decision of the Bureau of the Central Committee of the RCP (b) which front-line and the army Cheka were United with bodies of Military control, and   the basis is formed a new body - a Special Department of the Cheka during the people's Commissars of the RSFSR. In further, with the formation of special departments of fronts, military districts, fleets, armies, fleets, and special departments at the provincial Cheka was created unified centralized system of security bodies in the army. In 1934-38, military counterintelligence as a Special (from December 1936 - 5) the Department is in the Main Department of state security (GUGB) OF THE NKVD OF THE USSR. In March 1938 with the abolition gugb, at the basis of the 5-th Department is created 2nd Management (special departments) of the NKVD of the USSR. Already  September 1938, in the next reorganization, held on the initiative of the new first Deputy people's Commissar of L. P. Beria, GPB was recreated, as the 2nd management logged in his as a 4-th (Special) Department. In the subordination of special departments (OO) in the red army, RKF, the troops of the NKVD. on April 19, 1943 on the basis of the special Department of people's Commissariat of internal Affairs of the USSR was created on the Main office of counterintelligence "SMERSH  its in the people's Commissariat of defence of USSR. Former officer went in the subordination of the people's Commissar of defence. In links with almost all of them have been assigned to the army ranks, there is no consoles "national security” in the personal title. may 3, 1946, GOCR "SMERSH» NGOs the USSR was reorganized again in g the IYB.

The badge is in very good dug condition of the subject.