Sorry if this isn't the right community to post this in. The hat was found while going through my friends grandmother's possessions after her passing.

  • 4zi [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    your friends grandmother mustve been a proud soviet

    донор (one with the red cross and red crescent)

    donor/blood donor

    уда́рник XII пятилетки (one in the top left)

    shock worker 7 five year plan

    ударник коммунистического труда (one in the middle right with the face of lenin)

    shock worker of communist labor

    ГВАРДИЯ (one in the top left inbetween the 5 year plan shock worker and double headed eagle)

    Guard

    Отличник Советской Армии (one in the bottom left inbetween the green one and the one with the <3>)

    Student of Excellence of the Soviet Union

    ВВ МВД «За отличие в службе» (one in the bottom far right)

    Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union [Distinction in Service]

    пожарно технический... выставка kalinin (one in the bottom right inbetween the ministry of internal affairs and Moscow Treasures pin, with the Katyusha vehicle)

    Fire technical something, Exhibition Kalinin. Cant read the rest, probably an attendance or certification pin

    Нори́льск CNC (middle left underneath the french pin)

    Idk. Norilsk is a city in Russia

  • FuckyWucky [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    ударник xii пятилетки 12th five-year plan of the USSR

    гвардия - soviet guard https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F

    донор (the one with the red cross) is obvs blood donation https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%87%D1%91%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0

    "Donor of the USSR" was awarded to persons who repeatedly donated blood to save the lives of the sick and injured in the defense of the socialist Fatherland, the protection of the State Border of the USSR and public order, natural disasters and accidents, while simultaneously working to involve the population in the ranks of donors"

    bottom right Внутренние войска МВД (вв мвд) Internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%92%D0%94_%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0

    Ударник коммунистического труда https://ar.culture.ru/ru/subject/znachok-udarnik-kommunisticheskogo-truda

    1 разряд is first category. it looks like its for javelin throw?

    1941-1943 брянск is for Bryansk Front https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%84%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82

  • a_talking_is2 [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    I'l try. Left to right, top row:

    Half cropped one: 3rd degree of i don't really know what. Probably from amateur sports event. | Basic red star with hammer and sickle: no idea what they are. | One with the ship: don't know. | "ударник XII пятилетки": what it says, yes. Somebody worked their ass off in five-year-plan and got this thing to show for it. | "гвардия": for service in soviet Red Guards. My granpa had one too. | Modern Russian CoA: no idea. | "I донор СССР": donor USSR 1st degree. Usually for blood donations. | "1941-1943 брянск": my grandfather had this one. Got if for beating nazis out of city of Bryansk, but it might be just a commemorative one and given to people who didn't actually fight there for other reasons. | Blood drop one: you could get pins like this just for blood donations. | "ВВМВД": i think that stands for "Внутренние Войска Министерства Внутренних Дел". Internal Forces of Internal Affairs Ministry.

    Middle, left-to-right:

    Sickle and hammer with wings: i think it just a basic pin from Aeroflot uniform. | French thingy one: don't know. | "воин-спортсмен I": from some army sports event? | "III донор СССР", like the one above, but third degree. | "1 разряд": another sports degree of… Some sports, i guess. | Backpack dude: no idea, can't read it in this resolution.

    Bottom, l-r: "отличник советской армии": for exceptional service in the soviet army, of course. My grandfather had a one like that but with a different design for some reason, i think? | 3: absolutely no idea. | "норильск CNC": no idea what it is and what it has to do with Norilsk. | That huge one: no idea. | "ударник коммунистического труда": probably related to 4th in first row. | "moscow treasures": idk. | Next one: "пожарно-технич(еская?) выставка калинин": firefighting equipment exhibition in Kalinin, apparently.

  • Futterbinger [he/him, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    I'm going to guess most of not all were purchased at some gift shop while she was on vacation based on the pin that says Moscow Treasures, and the fact that one of the pins belongs to an Italian soccer team.

  • windowlicker [she/her]
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    1 year ago

    red star with the flag is for the red army guard units, units that were awarded an "elite" status after wartime service. the ones with the red cross/crescent are for people who donated blood in the USSR for the red cross/crescent (there are third and first class pins for it on there). the one with lenin's head is for "udarniks" (shock workers), highly productive and disciplined laborers. the one with the white circle and red star in the middle is some kind of excellence award for soviet army i believe (directly translating what it says). the normal red star with hammer and sickle pins around the hat are pins that came standard with these kinds of pilotka caps. the one with the 3 is a proficiency badge for soviet enlisted soldiers. the one with the running guy is a military sport/athletics proficiency badge. the large one on the right thats hanging i cant really make out the first two characters but it says MVD, ministry of internal affairs, so maybe that. the one with the 1 on it is probably another athletic proficiency badge, it says "razryad" on it. those are all the ones i can identify, hope this helps. if you want to try and find more of them, this site has a lot of these soviet pins documented.

  • jarray [he/him, any]
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    1 year ago

    Big bottom middle one is the coat of arms of Cuba.

    CuNiCo one is going to be a copper nickel cobalt mine.