Cuba Material collection · Colección Cuba Material
Powered by CatalogIt · Gestionada con CatalogIt
Catalog
Soviet Komsomol (ВЛКСМ) 70th-anniversary commemorative badge, "1918–1988"
Object/Artifact
Two-part pendant badge. The upper suspension bar takes the form of a furled red banner lettered "1918–1988" in white, resting on splayed gold-tone wheat ears. A wire loop links it to a hanging pendant: a gold-tone pentagon (point down) framing a circular silver-tone medallion bearing the Komsomol emblem — a hammer-and-sickle above, three stylized flame/ear plumes at right, a furled banner across the center reading ВЛКСМ, and a laurel sprig below.
2025.23.3
Lydia del Carmen García y Quirós collection
2025.23
Gift
Factory of Experimental and Souvenir Products (Mytishchi)
1988
1980s
U.S.S.R.
Eastern Europe
Europe
Date: 1988 (dated on the face). The span "1918–1988" marks the 70th anniversary of the Komsomol, founded 29 October 1918.
1918-1988 Komsomolsk
Upper bar: 1918 – 1988. Pendant banner: ВЛКСМ (VLKSM — Vsesoyuzny Leninsky Kommunistichesky Soyuz Molodyozhi, the All-Union Leninist Young Communist League).
Metal
Materials: Gilt and silvered metal (likely anodized aluminum or brass/tombac); red and white enamel or enamel-effect paint. Technique: Die-struck metal, two elements joined by a wire suspension link; cold-enamel/epoxy color fill; gilt and silvered finishes.
Good
Lydia del Carmen García y Quirós
owner
Vladimir I. Lenin
imagery
New York City
New York
U.S.A.
North America
preservation
U.S.S.R.
Eastern Europe
Europe
production
The Komsomol (ВЛКСМ) was the youth organization of the CPSU, founded 29 October 1918 and dissolved 1991; "1918–1988" dates this to the 70th-anniversary observance. Commemorative badges were issued for major Komsomol jubilees (50th in 1968, 70th in 1988).