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БМП (Baltic Sea Shipping Company) stick‑pin badge
Object/Artifact
Small rectangular Soviet lapel stick‑pin with an oxidized silver‑gray finish, low‑relief design on a dark ground. Device: a merchant ship crossing a meridian globe, alongside a Rostral Column (Leningrad landmark, with anchor and prow motifs); the Cyrillic abbreviation "БМП" on a banner across the foot. Long needle (stick‑pin) fastener.
2025.2.15
Belonged to Anna Veltfort, who brought it with her to the United States when she moved back in 1971.
Anna Veltfort collection
2025.2
Anna Veltfort
Gift
Leningrad
U.S.S.R.
Eastern Europe
Europe
Maker: Souvenir/commemorative badge for Балтийское морское пароходство (BMP / Baltic Shipping Company), Leningrad, USSR. Specific badge manufacturer not indicated. Date: No date present (see date note above). Place of Origin: USSR (Soviet Union); the depicted Rostral Column locates the company in Leningrad.
Inscription
БМП
Russian
BMP
"БМП" (Cyrillic; = Балтийское морское пароходство / Baltic Shipping Company).
2.3 cm
1.8 cm
Metal
Materials: Metal (aluminum or oxidized white‑metal — tentative) with a needle pin. Technique: Die‑struck/stamped metal badge; stick‑pin (needle) fastener.
Good
Anna Veltfort
Owned
Baltic Sea Shipping Company
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Acquired
New York
U.S.A.
North America
preservation
from Wikipedia: "The Baltic Sea Shipping Company or B.S.S.C (Russian: ОАО Балтийское морское пароходство, БМП) is a Russian sea transport engaged in the business of oil products storage via rail wagons within Russian link-able terminals, and tanker ship along the inland waterways and coastal seas of European Russia. The company is headquartered in Saint Petersburg and operates in the Baltic Sea. It was founded in 1835. In the Soviet Union it was the largest steamship company with about two hundred registered vessels. In November 1992, it was transformed into a joint stock company."
Iconography: globe (international shipping), merchant vessel, and the Leningrad Rostral Column (home‑port emblem).