Surprise Gift - Russian translator needed

[Herr-Berbunch]

Nice - how many people know your address!

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Nice - how many people know your address!

The FSB perhaps...

I suspect it's either my better half or Keab. But both are at work at the moment so I can't interrogate them.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Hmmm, did you vote for Putin again?

[Hottentot]

The abbreviation on the left says "DKBF", which I think stands for the Baltic Fleet (See the Russian name and compare to the abbreviation).

The two X-letters on the right are most likely not letters, but stand for the number 20. The word "Let" besides them could mean "years", or be another abbreviation of something.

[Oberon]

Six Golf SSBs were transferred to the Baltic Fleet in the sixties I think, perhaps this was a badge as a celebration of twenty years of the Golf SSB in the Baltic fleet?

[Hottentot]

Originally Posted by Oberon

perhaps this was a badge as a celebration of twenty years of the Golf SSB in the Baltic fleet?

This is again a moment when I raise my hands in the air and humbly admit how little I know about history. That theory however sounds plausible to me: medals and badges have been made for much weirder reasons than that. Without any further context for the object it's difficult to say, however, from what era exactly it is.

A naval museum, even if not specialized in that field, might be able to help you with the timeframe and even the context of the badge. It's surprising how many resources the museums have that are not visible to the eyes of the public.

Or you could play detective by finding the sender of the badge and have him/her confess directly.

[vienna]

I suspect it's either my better half or Keab. But both are at work at the moment so I can't interrogate them.

Interrogation? Do you have ways of making them talk?...