Badge VETERAN MOUNTAINEERING USSR Soviet Russian Climbing Alpinism ELBRUS PIKUY

Description

ORIGINAL 2pcs badges:
1. "Veteran of Mountaineering of the USSR",
made in Soviet Union - USSR, Last Century.
Heavy metal.
The height of the icon is about 30 millimeters.
Condition and Dimensions in millimeters,
on the actual photo.
Very rare item even in the former Soviet territories.
An excellent item for collectors of Soviet Russian heritage!
On the badge "Veteran of Mountaineering of the USSR",
and the most ancient image of Elbrus
(III century BC before the naps) was discovered by
archaeologists on a silver vase during excavations of the
Maikop burial mound.
The author of the veteran badge is the famous mountaineer Antonovich.
The sign looks solid and beautiful due to the use of overhead elements.
On the shaft of the golden ice ax is placed a circle
of yellow metal with the image of Elbrus against the blue sky,
the inscriptions "Veteran of mountaineering"
on two coils of climbing rope and "USSR" against the backdrop of the mountain.
On this circle the third layer is overlaid with the silver laurel branch.
Historical reference about the AUTHOR of the BADGE:
Antonovich Ivan Iosifovich (1909-1994) - Moscow. He was born in Vladikavkaz in the family of an officer of the Russian army. On
specialty is a teacher of physical culture. 1928 - graduated from the Art School in Vladikavkaz. In the following years he combined
both professions, working as a tutor of youth, mainly in the field of mountaineering, and as an artist-designer. He is the author of
many sports badges and pennants, including: "The Tourist of the USSR", "The Young Mountaineer of Georgia", "The British-
Soviet Expedition of 1962 in the Pamirs", "The Conqueror of the Highest Heights of the Soviet Union" (Snow Leopard) Lenin Peak,
50th Anniversary of Soviet Power, MAL, Pamir, Veteran of Mountaineering, as well as educational posters on mountaineering
technique (Trud Publishing House, 1953), illustrated books on mountaineering. 1968-1982 - Chairman of the Climbing Committee of
the USSR FA. 1965 - Honored coach of the USSR. 1978 - honorary judge in climbing. Public work: for many years he was chairman
of the FA of Moscow and a member of the USSR FA.
2. "10e starry climbing on Pikuy",
heavy metal, enamel, a diameter of about 30 mm.
Pikuy - highest peak (1408.3 m) and the ridge
Verkhovynsky Vododelnogo Bieszczady entire band,
the highest point Lvov geographic area is on the border Lvov and Transcarpathian regions.
The cone of the mountain is crowned with a
stone four-meter tetrahedral pillar, which the residents built with.
Gusny in 1935 in honor of the first President of Czechoslovakia, Tomasz Masaryk.
At that time Transcarpathia was a part of Czechoslovakia,
and in the middle of Mount Pikuy and
Verkhovyna Dividing Range is the state border between Poland and Czechoslovakia.
Pikuy is a region of winter and summer tourism.
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