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Originally Posted by BSMStar
As a Soviet collector, and briefly browsing through the other offerings... everything that I saw was suspect… the prices were a bit on the low side, but to have so many rare badges in perfect condition (and yet a bit crudely made), I would save my money. Not all repros come out of China. The Russian tend to repro a bunch of their “own stuff” too. 
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Have you noticed that most of the Russian Tsarist-era military swords on e-bay are inscibed "Za Khrabrost" ( "For gallantry") and have a St. Anne's cross?
Kind of a Lake Wobegon ('" all children are above average") military