USSR. The sign "Ready for the 2nd stage of the PVHO". In September 1934, the Central Council of OSOAVIAKHIM decided to introduce the sports and defense complex "Ready for air defense and chemical defense" ("Ready for air defense"). In the summer of the following year, the standards of the Ready for PVHO II stage were introduced. Later (on January 16, 1938), the OSOAVIAKHIM Central Committee approved the standards of the complex for children aged 12 to 16 years in order to actively involve school youth in teaching the basics of the PVHO. These standards included the need to study well in school, know the device of the gas mask and be able to handle it, learn the tasks of the air defense system, be able to fight fires and provide first aid to victims. To pass the standards of the second stage, it is necessary not only to pass the standards (for which good initial knowledge was necessary), but also to be a drummer in production, an active member of the OSOAVIAKHIM for the work of the PVHO of your home, factory (collective farm, school), to have your own gas mask. 1936-1939.
OSOAVIAKHIM is a Society for the Promotion of Defense, Aviation and Chemical construction.
Steel, hot enamel. Size 32.7*62.7 mm.