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Lenin lapel badge, gold‑marked
Jewelry
Small oval lapel pin. Convex red enamel field carrying a raised left‑facing profile portrait of Vladimir Lenin in a gold‑colored finish; matching rim. Reverse is gold‑colored and textured, with an embossed mark and a small separate hallmark; vertical needle‑and‑clasp pin fastener.
2025.2.1
Lapel Pin
Obtained in Cuba and brought to New York by Anna Veltfort.
Anna Veltfort collection
2025.2
Anna Veltfort
Gift
Place of Origin: Uncertain. The "10K" karat mark follows a Western/US convention rather than Soviet metric fineness, so despite the Lenin subject the manufacture may not be Soviet — flagged for further research.
Engraving
Back
10K
Front — none (relief portrait only). Reverse — "10K" (per cataloger's reading); plus a small maker's hallmark/logo at lower right (unidentified).
Metal
Oval
1
Materials: If "10K" denotes karat fineness, the badge may be 10‑karat gold or gold‑filled (tentative — not confirmed); red enamel or enamel‑like lacquer; steel pin. Technique: Die‑struck metal badge with enamel fill; soldered needle/clasp fastener.
Good
Anna Veltfort
owner
Vladimir I. Lenin
imagery
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
acquisition
New York City
New York
U.S.A.
North America
preservation
U.S.S.R.
Eastern Europe
Europe
production
"10K" conventionally = 10‑karat gold (US/Western hallmarking). Soviet domestic gold uses metric fineness (e.g., 375 ≈ 9K, 583 ≈ 14K), so "10K" is atypical for Soviet production and raises the possibility of a Western‑made (e.g., commemorative or émigré‑market) Lenin badge. Warrants verification. A separate small hallmark is present on the reverse and may identify the maker.