Badge for Excellence in the industry of Metallurgy

This is a badge for Excellence in the field of Metallurgy and mineral raw materials as written on the reverse, red ribbon suspension.

General information: By awarding Â“OtlichnikÂ” badges, given for excellent work in a certain field, the Bulgarian Communist party aimed at stimulating the people working in the different sectors of the Bulgarian planned economy.
For about 40 years there were issued and awarded more than 100 different types of badges for Excellence, a fact that makes this theme worth considering by every collector of Bulgarian badges.
These badges are also a survey of the changes concerning the technology of badge production: from their initial production by the State Industrial Company (D.I.P) and First Jewellery factory and later on by the Bulgarian Mint.