{"product_id":"mongolian-people-s-republic-hunters-society-2nd-congress-delegate-badge-rare-original-issue","title":"Mongolian People’s Republic Hunters’ Society 2nd Congress Delegate Badge – Rare Original Issue","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item – Only One Available. A rare original delegate badge of the 2nd Congress of the Mongolian Hunters’ Society, an organization established during the socialist period as part of the Mongolian People’s Republic’s tightly regulated system of hunting, wildlife management and game-resource use. The Society was not simply a recreational hunting club: under the planned economy, hunting quotas were established on the basis of wildlife assessments, professional hunters operated within an organized system, and the Society participated directly in managing hunting activity and the procurement of game products. Its congresses therefore belonged to the internal institutional life of an organization with genuine economic and conservation responsibilities. A badge marked “2nd Congress” was intended for the congress setting and belongs to the much narrower category of organizational delegate and participant insignia rather than the commercial hunting pins and souvenir badges encountered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe badge is a substantial gilt-metal and multicolor enamel issue, dominated by the head of an argali ram, one of Mongolia’s most recognizable wild mountain animals, set before blue-and-white mountain peaks and a green landscape. Around the white outer border appears the full inscription “Mongolian Hunters’ Society,” while the lower field is explicitly marked “2nd Congress.” The strong black detailing of the ram’s massive curled horns, pale blue sky, green ground and gilt outlines create an unusually attractive wildlife composition while remaining unmistakably institutional in character. The plain gilt reverse retains safety-pin fastening and shows natural period toning and handling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCongress insignia of the Hunters’ Society are considerably more specialized than ordinary Mongolian hunting memorabilia. The Society itself emerged in 1978 and, through the closing decades of the MPR, operated within the state-directed structure that connected hunting, wildlife conservation and resource management before many of those responsibilities were reorganized under the environmental administration toward the end of the socialist period. This 2nd Congress issue therefore represents a specific internal event in the history of Mongolian hunting administration, and its combination of scarce congress provenance, heavy enamel construction and prominent argali imagery makes it a particularly strong piece for a collection of MPR institutional badges, Mongolian hunting history, wildlife conservation insignia or socialist-era delegate badges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mongolian People's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52882247385400,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1256\/7096\/files\/IMG_1299.jpg?v=1788175798","url":"https:\/\/khanmilitaria.com\/products\/mongolian-people-s-republic-hunters-society-2nd-congress-delegate-badge-rare-original-issue","provider":"KhanMilitaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}