Help identifying a medal (or award/decoration).

by nechered

Hi,

I am trying to help my wife identify a medal (or maybe an award/decoration) she found among her grandfathers things.

Her grandfather served in the Norwegian navy (seems to have served onboard HNorMS GLAISDALE during D-Day) during WWII and was in the merchant navy in 1945.

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Thanks for any help or tips for what this could be.

dssorg

Doesn't seem to be a Russian/Soviet military award.

It appears to be a znachki or lapel pin.

Some samples:

http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/znachki/Interesting

As stated originally, it seems to be a znachki from Leningrad.

lngwstksgk

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