2018 Russian FSB Military Counterintelligence 100th Anniversary Badge – Moscow Pobeda, Official Issue

Description

Original Item – Only One Available. A rare official jubilee badge issued for the 100th anniversary of Russian FSB military counterintelligence, marked 1918–2018. The centenary traces its institutional beginning to December 1918, when the Special Departments of the Cheka were established as a centralized security body within the armed forces. In modern Russia, this lineage is continued by the FSB’s Department of Military Counterintelligence, responsible for countering foreign intelligence activity and protecting the armed forces against espionage, terrorism, sabotage, and threats to classified information. The centenary badge is recognized within the documented series of FSB departmental awards and insignia.

The badge is an imposing multipiece construction in gilt and silvered metal with deep translucent red and blue enamel. Its central red shield bears the Russian FSB double-headed eagle above the raised numeral “100,” surrounded by the blue-enameled inscription “Military Counterintelligence.” A vertical sword crowns the composition, while the lower frame carries the dates “1918–2018.” The layered shield, rivet details, radiating enamel field, applied eagle, and contrasting metal finishes give the badge the substantial architectural quality associated with senior Russian security-service insignia.

The reverse retains its original central threaded post and maker-marked screw plate “Moscow Pobeda.” Complete maker-marked examples of this elaborate centenary issue are especially desirable to collectors of FSB, military-counterintelligence, SMERSH-lineage, and modern Russian departmental awards.