Uzbekistan, Republic. A Badge for Labourers of the Great Fergana Canal Construction Project, Numbered, c. 1939 visually-hidden in five classes: I Class

in five classes: I Class with collar

insignia printed in red and blue inks on a white base

including some holes consistent with the removal of the cap’s former Feuerschutzpolizei insignia

The crossguard is also nickel-plated steel with acorn icons on either end

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Uzbekistan, Republic. A Badge for Labourers of the Great Fergana Canal Construction Project, Numbered, c. 1939 visually-hidden in five classes: I Class(c. 1939 issue). Constructed of silvered and gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of two labourers with building tools in their hands standing beside white enameled cotton balls underneath a red enameled flag superimposed by a rightward facing bust of Josef Stalin, dated 1939, with a screw back consisting of a threaded post and aluminum nut, the nut is maker marked and numbered 7231, measuring 31. 6 mm (w) x 45. 9 mm (l), in better