{"product_id":"russian-gru-lourdes-cuba-signals-intelligence-station-35th-anniversary-badge-rare-official-issue","title":"Russian GRU Lourdes Cuba Signals Intelligence Station 35th Anniversary Badge – Rare Official Issue","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item – Only One Available. \u003cspan\u003eVery rare original issue badge for the 35th Anniversary of the Russian GRU Radio-Electronic Center in Cuba, associated with the famous Lourdes SIGINT station near Havana. The badge is dated 1964–1999 and features the crossed Cuban and Russian flags, a map of Cuba \u0026amp; radio-electronic equipment symbols.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Lourdes facility was one of the most important Soviet and later Russian overseas intelligence listening stations of the Cold War era, closely connected with signals intelligence and military radio-electronic reconnaissance. For collectors, this badge is especially powerful because it combines several highly desirable themes: GRU-related military intelligence, Cuba, Cold War electronic surveillance and the rare post-Soviet continuation of Soviet-era intelligence infrastructure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItems tied specifically to the Lourdes station are not common, since most were produced in small runs for internal presentation. The facility itself was a major GRU asset overseas, active from the Cold War through the early 2000s, and anything linked to it is of interest to collectors of intelligence and communications material. A very rare and historically significant item for advanced collectors of Russian GRU, Soviet\/Russian intelligence, Cold War Cuba, SIGINT, and military communications memorabilia. Original issue item, offered exactly as shown.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Russia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52607098093880,"sku":null,"price":290.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1256\/7096\/files\/IMG_1838_b3b78d17-85af-48d8-97c6-8974f5955898.jpg?v=1783275259","url":"https:\/\/khanmilitaria.com\/products\/russian-gru-lourdes-cuba-signals-intelligence-station-35th-anniversary-badge-rare-official-issue","provider":"KhanMilitaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}