Order of the Red Star
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Order of the Red Star, Type 2, Var. 2 (early transitional variation without a
mint mark and with single-tier screw post base), #1770, circa 1936. This is
the more rare of the two "no mint mark" sub-variations and in general, one of
the rarest of all Soviet awards : fewer than 165 of these were ever made. Very
fine to excellent condition.

Order of the Red Star, Type 6, Var. 3, #1318386, awarded in May 1945 to the
bookkeeper of a field bakery attached to a rifle division of the 1st
Belorussian Front. He was recommended for the award on the day of the German
surrender for his diligent conduct in supervising bread baking for the troops and
deliveries of fodder for the division's horses. The order is in very fine
condition. Comes with archival research and full English translation.

Order of the Red Star, Type 6, Var. 3, Sub-var. 4 ("MZPP"), #2090049, circa early
to mid-1945. A relatively scarce version produced by the Moscow Platinpribor
Factory (MZPP). This pieceis particularly interesting: it has a factory flaw, a
missing part of the center medallion border. In very fine condition.

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.

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.