Award Badge of the Dobrolyot/Почётный жетон Добролёта (a.k.a. Наградной знак Добролёта)

No. 6559

 

No. 6610

 

No. 7219

Size 37 mm.
Weight 13,24 g.

 

No. 7456

 

No. 7573

 

Badges with TM mark from first eight hundreds are also known.

No.18

Silver, gilding, enamel.
Marked with "TM" mark, Leningrad district assay office mark (alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84) + round mark.
Size 36.5 × 36.7 mm.
Weight 15.03 g.

Badge was accompanied with rare and very interesting notification letter (size 112×174 mm).

Letter of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Russian Society of Voluntary Air Fleet "Dobrolet" in the Ryazan province. No. 69 dated April 3, 1926 /Отношение Полномочного представительства Российского общества добровольного воздушного флота «Добролет» по Рязанской губ. № 69 от 3 апреля 1926 г./


“To the head of the Skopinsky Avia State Bank, comrade A.D. Afonin. The representative office sends along with this an honorary silver jetton with a diploma, issued to you by the Board of Dobrolet. Please acknowledge receipt. The representative office allows himself to hope in the future for your assistance in the distribution of Dobrolet shares. Signature of the technical secretary of the Plenipotentiary Representation V. Bogdants (autograph)/Заведывающему Скопинским Авиа Госбанка т. А.Д Афонину. Представительство препровождает при сем почетный серебряный жетон с грамотой, выданный Вам Правлением Добролет. Получение просим подтвердить. Представительство позволяет себе надеяться и в будущем на Ваше содействие в деле распространения акций Добролет». Подпись технического секретаря Полномочного представительства В. Богданца (автограф)".​

 

No.34

Silver, gilding, enamel.
Size 36.9 х 37.0 mm.
Weight 14.92 g.

Marked with "TM" mark, Leningrad district assay office mark (alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84) + round mark.

Badge was converted to pin fastening.

Marks.

Engraved number.

 

No. 133

Silver, gilding, enamel.
Marked with "TM" mark, Leningrad district assay office mark (alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84) + round mark.
Size 36.4 × 37 mm.
Weight 15.24 g.

 

No. 139

Silver, gilding, enamel.
Marked with "TM" mark, Leningrad district assay office mark (alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84) + round mark.
Size 36.8 × 36.8 mm.
Weight 14.95 g.

 

No. 203

Silver, gilding, enamel.
Marked with "TM" mark, Leningrad district assay office mark (alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84) + round mark.
Size 36 × 38 mm.
Weight 15 g.

 

No. 217

Marks.

 

It seems that the earliest overlap between ТМ and ПВ badges happened somewhere between No. 187 and No. 225.

No. 225

Dug out badge.
Marked with "PV/ПВ" mark, Leningrad district assay office mark (alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84) + round mark.

 

No. 859

Silver, gilding, enamel.
Marked only partly readable "TM" mark, Leningrad district assay office mark (almost completely destroyed by the pin) + round mark.

 

Fakes.

Probably the highest quality fake that is currently known.

Blue fuselage variation.

Fake marks.

 

Black fuselage variation.

 

Lower quality fake.

 

Crude fake.

 

Another naïve copy.

 

Why they keep engraving the same No.1407 at reverses of this naïve fakes is a mystery.

 

Gold badges.

Allegedly several dozens of early badges were made with gold (of 56th fineness). The only known for today such ПВ-made badge No.12 with additional engraving "October 12, 1924 [to] N.A .Florolov For Active Work/Н.А.Фролову за активную работу". Note that badge has pin fastening and additional rivets. Marked with "PV/ПВ" mark, Leningrad district assay office mark (alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 56) and round mark. Unfortunately, the quality of the photographs does not make it possible to confidently judge the originality of the marks.​