Russia – Soviet: Badge from the Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry for Excellence in Socialist Competition, type 1 from 1946-53, numbered 479 to reverse.
Condition: Good very fine
The Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry was responsible for all shipbuilding within the USSR from 15th March 1946 until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, it had originally named the People's Commissariat of Shipbuilding Industry of the USSR from 11th January 1939 onwards, responsible for 41 shipyards and 10 design offices. In 1939 it employed 173,284 individuals
