A USSR CIVIL AVIATION BADGE ACCIDENT FREE FLIGHT

A USSR CIVIL AVIATION BADGE ACCIDENT FREE FLIGHT

A rare Russian Soviet Civil Aviation Badge - For Accident-Free Flight Hours, Bortradist 5000, Flight Radio Operator 5000, was created to reward flight personnel for accident-free flight performance and interest in ensuring flight safety.In case of an accident-free flight of the first 3000 hours, members of the flight crew are awarded a single badge For trouble-free flight hours. Together with the badge, issued a removable plaque, which is attached to the base of the badge, with the designation of the specialty and the number of hours that the pilot, navigator, flight engineer, flight mechanic, or radio operator flew. For the next trouble-free raids, replacement plaques 5000, 7000, 9000, etc. are awarded.The badge is made from gold-colored bronze metal in the form of a circle, edged with a carved wreath, decorated on top with two flags - the Soviet flag and the flag of the civil aviation of the USSR, a blue enameled globe in the middle with a white enamel ribbon with an inscription in Russian - For accident-free flying hours, with a figurine of a passenger plane placed in the middle, and with a removable sign Boardradist 5000. On the backside there is a fastening screw.

Dimensions: L:1 5/8 in., (4 cm.)