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$9,950.00 |
Large certificate for Honorary Revolutionary Weapon, a
sword with the Order of the Red Banner of RSFSR inserted in
the handle. One of only 21 Revolutionary Honor Edged Weapons
ever issued.
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$750.00 |
Large certificate for Order of the Red Banner of RSFSR, issued
on 4 November 1924 to Commander of the 172nd Rifle Regiment.
Archivally mounted on linen and handsomely framed.
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$1,950.00 |
Order of the Red Banner, Type 1, Var. 2, Sub-var. 3, #17514,
awarded in November 1941 to a Tank Corps Private for killing
two German officers with his submachine gun, rescuing Soviet
POWs, and capturing important documents in early September
1941. The order is in good to fine condition, better than the
average for a Type 1 "Mirror Reverse" Red Banner. An extremely
unusual award to an enlisted soldier for actions in the
initial period of the Patriotic War. Comes with archival
research.
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$1,450.00 |
Order of the Red Banner, Type 2, Var. 3, Sub-var. 1, #39176,
awarded in August 1942 to an Artillery Sergeant. He commanded
a gun crew that eliminated 500 German soldiers, destroyed
30 weapon nests, and demolished a German HQ in just two
weeks of actions northwest of Smolensk in March 1942. Later,
he received a battlefield commission as Guards Lieutenant - a
very uncommon promotion for a Russian WW2 soldier with just
an
elementary school education - and earned two more
decorations.
The order is in good to fine condition; despite the enamel
damage, it is an attractive, completely unaltered piece.
Comes
with archival research.
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$2,200.00 |
Order of the Red Banner, Type 2, Var. 3, Sub-var. 1, #42211,
with award document (order booklet), awarded to a T-34
tank
driver. In May 1942, he fought so well in the Second
Battle of Kharkov that he was recommended for an Order
of
Lenin. The award was downgraded by the command of the 21st
Army to a Red Banner, still an uncommonly high decoration for
an NCO, and it was bestowed in September 1942 by a Stalingrad
Front decree. The order is a very uncommon specimen with
sharply skewed mint mark. In good to fine overall condition,
an attractive piece with a lot of combat character. Comes
with
archival research and English translation. This is a rare
decoration to one of the unlikely survivors of the short and
sharp battle that had turned out catastrophic for the
Red
Army.
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$995.00 |
Order of the Red Banner, Type 2, Var. 3, Sub-var. 1, #46539,
awarded to a reconnaissance scout platoon commander for
ambushing a Finnish recon detachment in no man's land in
Karelia in April 1944. He personally killed 3 enemy scouts in
the skirmish that resulted in total annihilation of the enemy
group. The award is a very interesting late issue screw back
that was customized to wear on suspension without completely
removing the screw post. The obverse is in fine condition,
free of enamel repairs. Comes with comprehensive archival
research.
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$1,400.00 |
Order of the Red Banner, Type 2, Var. 3, Sub- var. 1, #68630,
awarded to a deputy commander of a Mortar battery. In August
1942, he showed exceptional bravery and resolve when
defending
his position against the numerically superior enemy forces
near the town of Belyov, on the first day of the German
Wirbelwind offensive. The order is an interesting specimen
with serial number at the upper limit for its sub-variation,
30 digits above the highest number recorded in the reference
book "Order of the Red Banner" by Durov and Strekalov. An
extremely attractive, completely unaltered piece in fine to
very fine condition, much better than majority of screw back
Red Banners. Comes with archival research.
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$1,600.00 |
Order of the Red Banner, Type 3, Var. 2 (Strekalov
classification), so-called "Coat Hanger"
Krasnokamsk Mint conversion from screw back, #63178. Awarded
in November 1944 to a Quartermaster Colonel of the Leningrad
Front. Comes with archival research. An extremely rare and
desirable variation.
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$395.00 |
Order of the Red Banner, Type 4, Var. 1, #183249, November
1944 length of service issue to a Red Army Colonel. The order
is in outstanding condition - practically impossible to
upgrade for a WW2 Red Banner. Comes with archival research
and partial English translation.
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$950.00 |
Order of the Red Banner, Type 4 Var. 1, #93650, with Award
Document (order booklet) and a post-war Reserve Officer's
Photo ID. Awarded in January 1944 to a navigator of a Pe-2
light bomber for highly effective missions flown in the second
half of 1943 - many of them in the Battle of Kursk. On
one of their most successful sorties, he and his crew attacked
a railway station where they completely burned down a train of
tank cars carrying 120 tons of fuel, destroyed a train loaded
with German Army documents, killed 50 soldiers of the Vlasov's
Russian Liberation Army that had just embarked on a troop
train heading to Germany, and completely disrupted traffic on
a major railway line. The order is a magnificent early
example by the Krasnokamsk Mint, with characteristic details
of the very first suspension type Red Banners, in superb
condition. Comes with a copy of the award commendation.
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$330.00 |
Order of the Red Banner, Type 4, Var. 1, #165419, circa late
1944. Beautiful WW2 example in very fine to excellent
condition. Comes with on a late-1940s suspension with old
ribbon.
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$370.00 |
Order of the Red Banner, #285169, Type 4, Var. 1, circa late
1944 - early 1945 issue. In superb condition. Comes on
original wartime suspension.
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$850.00 |
Order of the Red Banner, Type 4, Var. 2, Sub-var. 3, #259671,
awarded in May 1945 to chief of intelligence of a rifle
division of the 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front. During
the Battle of Berlin, he commanded saboteur groups that
wreaked havoc in the enemy rear by blowing up buildings and
gathered valuable reconnaissance by following German POWs that
were apparently allowed to "escape". The order is in very
fine to excellent condition, an attractive piece free of any
significant flaws. Comes with archival research.
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$6,500.00 |
Order of the Red Banner, 2nd award, Type 2, Var. 2 (Monetnyi
Dvor screw back), #2395, August 1943 issue to a bomber
pilot and commander of a night bomber regiment. He flew a
total of 254 combat missions - many of them in support of the
Soviet ground troops during the battle of Kursk. The order is
fine to very fine condition, with minor repairs to enamel but
never converted to suspension. Comes with comprehensive
archival research and English translation.
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$5,800.00 |
Order of the Red Banner, 2nd award, Type 2, Var. 2 (screw back with Monetnyi Dvor mint mark), #1370, awarded in November 1942 to a Sergeant Major, a rear gunner / radio operator of a Pe-2 dive bomber of the Kalinin Front. By September 1942, he had completed a total of 151 combat missions, most of them for aerial reconnaissance. On one of his early missions of the war he shot down a German fighter with assistance of two other gunners of his bomber group. The fact that he was decorated with a Second Order of the Red Banner is an exceptionally rare case: almost all recipients of consecutive Red Banner awards were commissioned officers, not NCOs. The decoration itself is a beautiful early piece with some highly uncommon features. Comes with archival research.
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$950.00 |
Order of the Red Banner, 2nd award, Type 5, Var. 2, #22448,
awarded in 1953 to an Air Force Colonel. In excellent
condition. The recipient fought in the "Winter War" against
Finland as a bomber pilot and served for most of the Patriotic
War as chief navigation inspector with various fronts and
military districts. Comes with archival research and a copy of
recipient's WW2 order booklet which has a nice early photo of
him.
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$2,250.00 |
Order of the Red Banner 3rd award, Type 5, Var. 1, Sub-var. 2
(Durov & Strekalov classification), #7165, circa early 1950s.
This is a very scarce version of the 3rd Red Banner: only
500 specimens were ever produced. Excellent example.
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$5,800.00 |
Order of the Red Banner 4th Award, Type 5, Var. 1, #2058,
awarded in 1952 to an Air Force Major General, a Hero of the
Soviet Union who had earned a Hero Star in the 1939-40
Winter War against Finland. In 1937-38 he flew 113
combat missions on a TB bomber in the Spanish Civil War. In
the early part of the Patriotic War he commanded a bomber
regiment and took part in nearly all the major defensive
battles including Leningrad, Polar Region, Moscow, Caucasus,
and Stalingrad. He continued to fly combat sorties
throughout the war to train and lead other pilots, and by
the V-Day had added 73 combat missions to his already
impressive pre-war tally. After the war, he continued to
serve in the Air Force, graduated from the General Staff
Academy and in 1953, took part in the purge of the Air Force
of the Moscow District following the arrest of its commander
Vasiliy Stalin (son of late Joseph Stalin.) Eventually he
rose to an Air Corps commander and retired only in 1973
having the rank of Lieutenant General.
The order is in excellent condition. Comes with archival
research and copy of the article about the article about the
recipient in the catalog "Heroes of the Soviet Union". A
scarce fourth consecutive Red Banner award to an extremely
interesting individual!
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$45.00 |
"The Order of the Red Banner" Durov, Strekalov, C.
2006, Moscow, Russian text. This landmark reference is a
required reading
for the serious collector of Soviet awards and is unlikely to
be surpassed.
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