EXTREMELY RARE RUSSIAN SOVIET PILOT - COSMONAUT BADGEUSSR Pilot-Cosmonaut duplicate medal badge worn by cosmonauts on everyday uniform jackets. Duplicates were minted by Moscow mint as back up badges for prestigious metal glold/platinum made original badges. For reasons of safety and in order not to loose originals cosmonauts normally were these duplicates, except for official ceremonies and meetings attended. Look of original and duplicate is the same.Awards only 35 times !!Estimate price for that nice item is $1500 - $2000. Guarantee: The item is old and original. But I am not a licensed dealer and I can not give you a Certificate of Authenticity. For this purpose I give to all of my clients 7 days for inspecting the item - the item can be returned for any reason for full refund. SHIPPING: Let us Handle Your Shipping. We are one of the few places that offer full service shipping. For your convenience we will ship your item - shipping costs will be included in the invoice. Combined shipping is available - next item will be ONE DOLLAR for shipping. NEW: Returning customer will have FREE SHIPPING in USA and 50% DISCOUNT on international shipping. WIKIPEDIA: An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. Although generally reserved for professional space travelers, the terms are sometimes applied to anyone who travels into space, including scientists, politicians, journalists, and tourists. Until 2002, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies. With the suborbital flight of the privately funded SpaceShipOne in 2004, a new category of astronaut was created: the commercial astronaut.
