1.- Red Army of the Soviet Union badge
The badge depicts the Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin, with Lenin’s Mausoleum in front. The Order of the Red Banner recognized military deeds.
2. – Soviet Young Lenin Badge, Red Star.
Made in the USSR in the 1970’s; School Pupils’ Communist Pin
Soviet children began school at age 7. For the first 3 years they wore pins on their shirts in the shape of a red star with a picture of a young Lenin. Grades 9-10: Students wore a Komosol (a Russian Communist youth organization) flag pin; the older school children wore red flag pins that had a portrait of an older Lenin. This meant that they were members of the Komosol.
3. – Soviet Vladimir Lenin Communist Round badge
A round badge with a central disc featuring Vladimir Lenin’s profile.
They were awarded primarily for military service, but also for sports, graduation and community participation. The badges were not only given to award service or achievement, but to inspire loyalty and patriotism to the Soviet regime. Awarded to Delegates of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
4. – USSR Lenin’s Exam Communist (Komsomol) Political Pin
A political youth organization in the Soviet Union, (Komsomol) was created as the Russian Communist Youth League 29 October 1918. The Komsomol in 1924 was named Russian Lenin Communist Youth League (RLKSM). A Lenin Test was conducted to commemorate Lenin’s centenary in 1970. The idea was to check every worker and student for political “awareness” and correctness. The badge was issued as an award for help in preparation of the test or for passing with high marks.
5. – Soviet All-Union Leninist Young Communist League Badge
This was a political youth organization in the Soviet Union. It is sometimes described as the youth division of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), although it was officially independent and referred to as “the helper and the reserve of the CPSU”.
In its earliest form it was established in urban areas in 1918. During the early years, it was a Russian organization, known as the Russian Young Communist League, or RKSM. During 1922, with the unification of the USSR, it was reformed into an all-union agency, the youth division of the All-Union Communist Party.
6. – Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization (Always Ready)
This pin was from the 1990’s after the Soviet Union had fallen. It was manufactured from 1967 until 1991. The All-Union Pioneer Organization abbreviated as the Young Pioneers, was a mass youth organization of the Soviet Union for children. Children 9-15 years old learned skills of social cooperation and attended summer camp. The purpose of these Pioneer divisions was to educate Soviet children to be loyal to the ideals of communism and the party.