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Topic: Emigrant Pin ?  (Read 676 times)
« on: March 22, 2005, 09:22:56 AM »
georgecl
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Heres a pin my Grandmother gave me years ago.
I have no Idea what it is  Huh
The colors are Black and Orange,
date, 1909-1959 St george. and HOPCP

Made by Drago, Paris.

Thanks
George
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« on: March 22, 2005, 09:35:05 AM »
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George,
It's a commemorative pin of Russian Scouts. The movement was founded - in Tsarskoye Selo btw - in 1909. The abbreviation stands for the National Organization of Russian Scouts - an emigrant union of former scouts.
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« on: March 22, 2005, 09:47:59 AM »
georgecl
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Hi Mike,
I knew you would know what it was for.. Cheesy

I have no idea where my Grandmother got it..Maybe at a Church bazzar..

Thanks
George
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