Russian SVR Foreign Intelligence 1st Security Department Honorary Badge – Rare Award

Description

Original Item – Only One Available. This is an extremely scarce security-division badge of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR), issued for the 1st Security Department, one of the most restricted internal units responsible for protection, access control, and safeguarding sensitive facilities connected to Russia’s external intelligence operations. Produced in heavy metal with deep blue enamel and a sharply detailed double-headed eagle, this badge reflects the high manufacturing standard of modern SVR issue pieces, which are never released to the public and were granted only to personnel serving within the agency’s secure perimeter.

Items connected to the SVR remain among the rarest categories in modern intelligence collecting, as the service inherited the clandestine culture of the First Chief Directorate of the KGB and continues to operate with strict internal distribution. Badges from specific departments, especially the 1st Security Department, almost never appear on the open market, making this example a premium acquisition for serious collectors of intelligence history, protective service insignia, and contemporary Russian clandestine structures. This is a clean, well-preserved, museum-grade piece that represents one of the most discreet branches of Russia’s intelligence community.