Badge “Posledgol”

Badge “Posledgol”
RSFSR. First third of the 20-th century.
White metal, red enamel, blue enamel, stamping, enamel coating
37×27 mm
Author unknown.

Pomgol was the name of the organization created in the RSFSR during the Russian famine of 1921. The name is an abbreviation of the Russian term “Relief for Starving”. In 1922 it was transformed into the Commission on the Elimination of the Effects of Famine. (Posledgol)

ГИМ 112048/40
ФМЛ Б-2544
ГК 8408158