Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Newly Listed a Canadian Women's Army Corps

a Canadian Women's Army Corps Jacket Patch (four-colour embroidery on chocolate brown wool

is trimmed from end-to-end with dark green piping

disembarking in Korea the next day

with some discolouration evident

Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge Newly Listed a Canadian Women's Army CorpsConstructed of bronze and enamels, depicting a coal worker holding a pneumatic hammer in one hand while wielding a flag bearing a profile of Stalin and Lenin looking left, the reverse with a threaded screw post and a non matching screw plate, unmarked, measuring 27. 11 mm (w) x 39. 9 mm (l), in fine condition.