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$2,950.00 |
Order of the Red Star, Type 3 Var. 2 "Large Mondvor" version,
#7671, circa early 1940. This is almost for sure an award for
the "Winter War" against Finland. An outstanding,
excellent example - extremely uncommon among the Soviet
military decorations of pre-Patriotic War vintage.
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$1,400.00 |
Order of the Red Star, Type 4, Var. 1, Sub-var. 1,
#11664, awarded in April 1940 to an artillery NCO
for the "Winter War" against Finland. An extremely
interesting early piece with the serial number below the
standard range for the Type 4 "Monetnyi Dvor". In excellent
condition, superb for any Red Star of pre-Patriotic War
period, and includes original silver screw plate. Comes with
basic archival research.
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$490.00 |
Order of the Red Star, Type 4, Var. 1,
#22137, extremely early, October 1941 issue to a
pilot and political commissar of a long range bomber
regiment. The recipient later became a major general, and
after his retirement in 1959 worked as senior advisor of the
Soviet War Veterans Committee. Beautiful and scarce piece in
very fine condition. Comes with archival research.
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$440.00 |
Order of the Red Star, Type 4 Var. 3, #47709, October 1942
issue to a mortar company commander. Awarded for
actions in the late spring - summer 1942 on the Volkhov Front.
The order is in very fine condition and comes with archival
research.
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$450.00 |
Order of the Red Star, Type 4 Var. 3 (with a screw post base),
#89040, awarded in October 1942 to a Naval Infantry Recon
Scout. He repeatedly distinguished himself in raids behind
the enemy lines during the defense of Novorossiysk. The order
is in very fine condition and comes with archival research.
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$395.00 |
Order of the Red Star, Type 4 Var. 3 (with a screw post
base),
#89588, December 1942 issue. Awarded to a Guards Sr. Sergeant
of a Katyusha multiple rocket launcher unit (codenamed
"guards mortars") for action against Finnish troops in
Karelia. On 11 November 1942, he repaired several breaks in
the telephone line to his unit's command post under artillery
fire - and thus made a decisive contribution to repulsing an
enemy attack. The Order of the Red Star remained his only
decoration of the Patriotic War, at least as of 1946. The
order is in very fine to excellent condition, and includes
original silver screw plate. Comes with archival research.
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$395.00 |
Order of the Red Star, Type 4 Var. 3 (with a screw post base),
#94296, awarded in January 1943 to a chief of radio
communications of a Cavalry Division, Western Front. The award
was primarily for maintaining a radio link between the
division and its 2nd Guards Cavalry Corps during the
cavalry raid of the German rear area near Rzhev in August
1942. In very fine to excellent condition. Comes with
archival research.
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$5,900.00 |
Documented Group of 5 Decorations to deputy commander of a
"Guards Mortars" Regiment (Katyusha Rocket Launchers.)
Includes Order of the Red Star of scarce riveted type (Type 3
by McDaniel classification / Type 5 by Strekalov), #29834;
Order of Alexander Nevsky; two Orders of the Patriotic War 1st
cl. (both WW2 issue); and an Order of the Red Banner. The
"Riveted" Red Star was awarded very early on for the
defensive phase of the Battle of Moscow, specifically
for the defense of Tula - the famous arms manufacturing center
near Moscow that never surrendered despite many German
attempts to capture it. Condition of the decorations ranges
from very fine to excellent. This highly uncommon group
includes order booklet and archival research.
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$120.00 |
Order of the Red Star, Type 6, Var. 3, Sub-var. 1, #758506,
circa August - September 1944 issue. Attractive, relatively
early piece in very fine to excellent condition.
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$90.00 |
Order of the Red Star, Type 6, Var. 3, Sub-var. 3, #1131609, circa late 1944 - early 1945 issue. Attractive wartime example in outstanding condition.
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$175.00 |
Order of the Red Star, Type 6, Var. 3, Sub-var. 5, #2797001,
circa 1947-48 issue. Scarce version with "Attached
Bayonet". In excellent condition.
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$275.00 |
Order of the Red Star, Type 6, Var. 3, Sub-variation 5 (scarce
version with "Attached Bayonet"), #2802781, with a document.
Awarded in April 1945 to a Guards Combat Engineer Private for
clearing mines and street barricades during the storming of
Vienna. The order is in very fine to excellent condition,
attractive piece free of any significant flaws. The order
booklet is in excellent condition and shows no other
decorations. Comes with archival research. A very uncommon
award for the urban combat inside the Austrian capital (and
Hitler's hometown prior to WW1).
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$130.00 |
Order of the Red Star, Type 7, Var. 1, #3130837, circa 1954
issue. Very interesting specimen: it has all the attributes of
the Variation 1, while its serial number is well within the
range for Variation 2. This is probably due to a mistake
by the engraver at the mint. Scarce piece in excellent
condition.
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$1,400.00 |
Order of the Red Star, Type 7, Var. 2, #3395921, with a
document, issued for
playing active role in crushing the Hungarian revolution in
1956. The award recipient, deputy commander of a
mechanized regiment, led a successful armored attack on an
airfield near Budapest as well as the capture of key
installations in the town of Mosonmagyaróvár near Austrian
border. This scarce award is a vivid reminder of one of the
pivotal events of the Cold War. Comes with archival research.
Both the award and the document are in near mint condition.
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$220.00 |
Order of the Red Star, duplicate issue, #2562280.
Featuring a serial number stamped in small font, this is a
scarce official replacement award in exchange for a lost or
severely damaged WW2 era original. In excellent condition.
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$6,500.00 |
Order of the Red Star, counterfeit manufactured in Germany,
#505342, circa 1943. This professionally made copy of the
Order of the Red Star was intended specifically for Nazi
infiltrators masquerading as Red Army servicemen. A
documentary proof of existence of such counterfeits - along
with photos - was found in recently declassified NKVD
archives. Extremely rare piece.
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$59.00 |
"The Order of the Red Star" Subtitled "The History of
Institution of the Award and the Evolution of Its Badge".
Durov, Strekalov, C. 2008, Moscow, Russian text, large format,
334 pp. Another landmark reference that is required reading
for serious collectors!
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