A question for our Eastern comrades
 

My mum got this badge at a boot fair in Essex today, and I was wondering what the story behind it is...the boat on the badge looks a lot like a Kilo but that's about all I can figure out...other than the fact that it's Russian of course ;)
I was wondering if anyone (Kap, Xabba) would be able to help me here.

Here's the badge (sorry about the poor quality, it's from the phone camera):
http://img273.imageshack.us/img273/934/badge7bw.jpg

And here's a rough copy of the cyrillic on the badge, hope it makes sense...a bit of it is hard to make out:
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/6624/cyrillic4cl.jpg

A better quality pic got a digi cam be alot better could be a X decade of service badge its russian alright white flag blue cross but need a bettwer picture.

"За дальний поход" - "For a long patrol"

I belive this is a patrol badge. :)

More than likely what it is, but it looks familure very familure.

Here we go, I dug the digital camera out and got a better shot, pardon the hand, I was holding it under the living room light to get a better shot.

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6907/img00878xv.jpg

Yep badge for a long patrol in a kilo class submarine, probly from the baltic fleet.

Sweet! :D
One more question, what does this cyrillic mean? I've got it on the back of another badge, I get that the Mockba is Moscow...but what about the rest?

Thanks :D :D

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/6433/cyrllic24mz.jpg

Last word is moscow other than that huh :-?

I can read "POBEDA MOSCVA" = VICTORY MOSCOW!

Cheers!

Is that the hand of Oberon I see http://www.langkawi.dk/smileys/f15.gif only pulling your leg, interesting badge you got their.

Ok, here's a digi-cam pic, not so good as the last one as it's a bit smaller...
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/586/mockba2nd.jpg

It's on the back of one of these badges, so it'd make sense if it was Victory Moscow :yep:

http://www.aviationexplorer.com/sovi...rs%20badge.jpg

Thanks for all your help everyone :up: :up: :up: :D :D :D

do you have a macro mode in your cam? you may use some bright light because flash with macro photography is a real pain in the rear end.

Wanna see what i got today from my russian friend?

A ORIGINAL RUSSIAN CAPTAINS CAP!!! :rock:

Here some pics:

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/1...00617120hj.jpg
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2...06171212an.jpg

And here, Evil Sea Killer Kaptain David with his Cap!

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9...00617132sp.jpg

That cap is a Original, Real, Russian Captains Cap.

Can someone tell from wich year this one is?
Was it used on submarines too? :hmm:

Damnit, i just hijaked Oberon's Thread... :rotfl:

My GAWD! you ARE sick! :o :P :P NICE!!

Id say its from the post WWII, Cold War period... I think the design is somewhat different now and its lacking the communist markings (sickle, hammer and star).

Cheers!

Why?