Pin made in Soviet Russia. The pin shows the Tupolev ANT-2. The text on the pin reads:”The first Soviet all-metal aircraft”.
The ANT-2 was the first all metal aircraft designed by the Tupolev design bureau in 1924.
A small passenger plane, it could carry two passengers in a cabin behind the pilot. Andrei Tupolev saw the practicality of metal used in aircraft construction. Light metal alloys were more durable than wood and held up better in the severe Russian winters.