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RUSSIAN/SOVIET SUBMARINE PINS
A BOOK FROM RUSSIA THAT ORGANIZES AND DESCRIBES THE HUNDREDS OF SUB PINS.
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Note: when you get there that there is a link to an English translation of this book.
MY PIN SUPPLY IS DRYING UP
PINS GO FAST AS I DON'T HAVE MANY OF EACH.
IN FACT FOR MOST I ONLY HAVE ONE OR TWO.
PLEASE DON'T WAIT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING YOU LIKE.
(BBC)
SUBMARINE KURSK
As you are all aware, the Kursk is the Russian nuclear submarine
that sank August 12, 2000 with the loss of all hands on board and later was raised.
These pins commemorate that submarine.
These are the pins originally given to the families of the Kurk crewmen shortly after the tragedy.
They are about an inch in diameter.$4.00 each
Everyone, and I mean everyone, in Russia collects souvenir pins. Many of the pins are cheaply made of "tinny" metal, some even with just a little safety pin on the back that sell for a few cents. Most of these submarine pins however are extremely well-made pins, with hand painted enamel on the front and heavy screw backs.
Now, many of the factories that made souvenir pins are no longer doing so and the prices are going up, up, up. That means if you see some pins you like, you should, in the words of Janis Joplin, "Get it while you can".
$9.50 EACH FOR FIVE OR MORE
here
SS-006: Volcanic mountains in the background, Pacific Ocean Fleet 2nd Submarine Flotilla based at Naval Base Ribachiy. Anniversary badge “20 years 2nd Submarine Flotilla”
SS-016: What looks to be an older attack sub (ALPHA?), 25 years (1961-1986), northern lights representation and mountains.
SS-041: Killer Whale, 1986, Sov. Navy flag. Anniversary badge, 25 years, 18th Submarine Division
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SS-046: Nice 3 piece pin showing sub between two hemispheres, which was appropriate for this DELTA III sub, K-490 who, in company with K-455 carried out a passage from the north fleet, down through the Atlantic, across the Pacific and into the Indian Ocean. This pin commemorates that passage. Sov. Navy flag at top and anchor flukes at bottom.
SS-047: Large pin showing ECHO-II on background of ship's wheel and anchor, Sov. Navy flag and 1963-1988 at bottom (25 years). This pin was for cruise missile submarines of project 675
SS-048: Attack sub on background of world and crossed anchors, 1974-1979 and atomic symbol at bottom.
SS-239B: Long Distance Voyage - i.e. a deployment such as to the Med.
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