Graduate Badge (Soviet Union)

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Graduate badges were first donated during the Russian Civil War . In the Soviet Union , graduate badges were officially awarded for successful completion of training or studies at a military educational institution, from the "Suvorov military schools" to the "Academy of the General Staff" for soldiers or civilian graduates.

Graduates 'badges were also awarded to officers of the armed organs of other countries (mostly from the Warsaw Pact states ) who had successfully graduated from an officers' college, military academy or the USSR General Staff Academy . The lapel of this badge was provided with a threaded mandrel and a knurled fastening nut, with which it could be screwed to the uniform.

See


  • Examples of graduate badges (selection)

  • A general of the NVA
    ( Dr. W. Thonke ) with a graduate badge

  • General Staff Academy of the USSR

  • All military academies Army, Air Force, Navy

  • Graduated from an officers college or military faculty from a civil college

  • Military Academy of Armored and Mechanized Forces - JW Stalin

Graduate badge (selection)

Graduate badge of the Voroshilov General Staff Academy

This graduation badge, which was donated in 1960, is rhombic and gold-plated. It shows a red star on a white background and the gold national coat of arms of the USSR.

Military academies and military colleges graduate badges

These graduate badges have been awarded since 1960. They are rhombic, silver and show in the middle a red star with the applied gold state coat of arms of the USSR. The graduates' badges of the 16 military academies are white on the inside, while those of the universities and institutes are blue.

Military college graduate badges

The graduate badge of the military technical schools was donated on November 15, 1950. Initially, these badges had different symbols, depending on the military training area. In 1956 this badge was standardized. They now showed a high oval gold badge with a gold laurel border, which shows the inscription СССР at its lower cross point , as well as a white central field. In this you can read the gold national coat of arms of the USSR and the red letters ВУ ( ru: Военное Училище / de: military teaching facility). The upper degree of the graduate badge is dominated by a red waving flag.

Graduate badge of the Suvorov military schools

There were eight Suvorov military schools in the Soviet Union . They served the training and education of young people who were to be prepared for the officer's profession in the Red Army or in the naval fleet. The latter training took place at the Leningrad Military School. The graduate badge was donated by order of the Soviet Minister of Defense on September 24, 1958. The graduate badge shows a gold-plated, oval badge framed by a laurel wreath. In the lower part the inscription: СССР and СВУ (abbreviation for Suvorov military schools) can be read. In the center is the scaled-down image of the Suvoro Order, surrounded by a laurel wreath. The middle medallion is silver-plated and shows the portrait of Suvorov.

Nakhimov Naval War School graduate badge

This graduation badge is similar to that of the Suvorov military schools, but is silver. However, in the blue central medallion it shows the portrait of Pawel Stepanowitsch Nakhimov . The star-shaped badge is golden and underlaid with a symbolic anchor. The border consists of laurel leaves and a ship rope. It also shows here in the lower part the inscription: СССР and НВМУ (abbreviation for Nakhimov School of the Naval Navy).

Graduate badge in civil field

Some graduate badges were also awarded at civil colleges, universities and institutes.

Examples of civil graduate badges
  • University of Culture of the USSR
  • Mining / Engineering of the USSR

literature

  • Dietrich Herfurth: Military Awards of the USSR. Recordings by Jean Molitor. Military Publishing House of the GDR, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-327-00294-0 , pp. 153–155