assuming from my little to no polish knowledge, it’s some kind of order for the best employee from times when Poland wqs under CCCP
This is medal for job overachiever / best worker in PRL.
It’s an order given to an “przodownik pracy” (“shock worker”: title given to very productive workers in communist regimes that do way more then the norm says).
This one is from 70′ or 80′
>In People’s Republic of Poland a similar title was przodownik pracy (translated into English as “model worker”), a calque from another Soviet/Russian term peredovik proizvodstva, literally “leader in production”, which was also a formal title of merit. Seen as the Polish version of the Stakhanovite movement, famous Polish workers given the title of przodownik pracy included Piotr Ożański and especially the “Polish Stakhanov” Wincenty Pstrowski, a miner who in 1947 achieved 270 percent expected efficiency per month. Later Pstrowski died due to misconducted dental intervention, but in popular opinion (and official propaganda), it was due to deadly exhaustion.
Przodownik pracy would be a labour leader or shock worker or udarnik, a title awarded in the countries of the Eastern Bloc to employees who significantly exceed the work standards envisaged to be performed. The badge “Socialist Labor Leader” (silver) (on your pic) and the Badge “Meritorious Leader of Socialist Labor” (gold) were awarded to people who achieved leading results in their professional work, raised their qualifications, enjoyed the recognition of the staff. More on [wiki](https://pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przodownik_pracy)
Given to exceptional workers in PRL.. Essentially anyone who showed up on time, didn’t bitch too much, and was not drunk by 10am.
though medals/badges such as this one look cool as hell, it’s important to note just how unnecessarily abundant they were in the Soviet era. It was a part of making regular folks feel essential and influential despite earning nothing and being just a tiny pawn in the hands of party leaders. Wajda’s film “Człowiek z Marmuru” and basically anything by Bareja were a great glimpse into this fragile fake system of keeping people busy and proud in order to run this crooked communist machine
Throw it away. This sh*t killed enaugh people (communism).
My grandmother have this, i dont now what is this
My grandfather had this one too
Thanks for all of the replies guys! So, it’s from my grandad, but it must have been given to him by a family member, as he came across to the uk during WW2. We know he stayed in touch with the rest of his family, what was left anyway, but did not manage to see them often. I’m guessing it was given to him by a family member, but I suppose we’ll never know now.
Producer of Socialist Work?
It doesn’t translate easily, I’m not sure which order they intended
Scary shit
best English translation would be “socialist work leader “
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assuming from my little to no polish knowledge, it’s some kind of order for the best employee from times when Poland wqs under CCCP
This is medal for job overachiever / best worker in PRL.
It’s an order given to an “przodownik pracy” (“shock worker”: title given to very productive workers in communist regimes that do way more then the norm says).
This one is from 70′ or 80′
>In People’s Republic of Poland a similar title was przodownik pracy (translated into English as “model worker”), a calque from another Soviet/Russian term peredovik proizvodstva, literally “leader in production”, which was also a formal title of merit. Seen as the Polish version of the Stakhanovite movement, famous Polish workers given the title of przodownik pracy included Piotr Ożański and especially the “Polish Stakhanov” Wincenty Pstrowski, a miner who in 1947 achieved 270 percent expected efficiency per month. Later Pstrowski died due to misconducted dental intervention, but in popular opinion (and official propaganda), it was due to deadly exhaustion.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udarnik
Przodownik pracy would be a labour leader or shock worker or udarnik, a title awarded in the countries of the Eastern Bloc to employees who significantly exceed the work standards envisaged to be performed. The badge “Socialist Labor Leader” (silver) (on your pic) and the Badge “Meritorious Leader of Socialist Labor” (gold) were awarded to people who achieved leading results in their professional work, raised their qualifications, enjoyed the recognition of the staff. More on [wiki](https://pl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przodownik_pracy)
Given to exceptional workers in PRL.. Essentially anyone who showed up on time, didn’t bitch too much, and was not drunk by 10am.
though medals/badges such as this one look cool as hell, it’s important to note just how unnecessarily abundant they were in the Soviet era. It was a part of making regular folks feel essential and influential despite earning nothing and being just a tiny pawn in the hands of party leaders. Wajda’s film “Człowiek z Marmuru” and basically anything by Bareja were a great glimpse into this fragile fake system of keeping people busy and proud in order to run this crooked communist machine
Throw it away. This sh*t killed enaugh people (communism).
My grandmother have this, i dont now what is this
My grandfather had this one too
Thanks for all of the replies guys! So, it’s from my grandad, but it must have been given to him by a family member, as he came across to the uk during WW2. We know he stayed in touch with the rest of his family, what was left anyway, but did not manage to see them often. I’m guessing it was given to him by a family member, but I suppose we’ll never know now.
Producer of Socialist Work?
It doesn’t translate easily, I’m not sure which order they intended
Scary shit
best English translation would be “socialist work leader “
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udarnik
glass balls, beads for hungry distinctions in poverty, tyranny colonialism typical leftist communism