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Description
Brass Rectangle 28X24 mm. In the center against the background of the starry sky, a plume of orbits is depicted, resting in the lower right corner on the protrusion of the globe with the inscription: «CCCP». The earth is surrounded by a blue band of atmosphere. Above it, the stylized profile of an astronaut in a spacesuit is shown. In the upper — left corner is the disk of the moon. On the right side a launching space rocket with a hammer and sickle at the top. The head of the rocket protrudes 3 mm beyond the upper edge. At the bottom inscription -in two lines is the text: «От советских покорителей космоса» / "From the Soviet conquerors of space." The rocket, title bar, and disk of the moon are covered with white enamel, the globe is red, the atmosphere and disk of the moon are blue, and outer space is black and dark blue.
Listed as item XIV.3 in the catalog of "Space Pins of the Soviet Union 1957 - 1975" by V. N. ILYINSKY, V. E. KUZIN, & M. B. SAUKKE
There are hundreds of great Soviet / Russian space pins out there. I guess most people don't collect them because they just can't read them. Of maybe you might think its unpatriotic to collect them (I used to think that). Well I've taken care of all that for you. No more excuses.
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