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August 2015 ANA Auction - Sessions B-C 14 August 2015
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RUSSIA. The Order of Personal Courage with Book, 1989.
45 x 50 mm, excluding ribbon. Vernon-unlisted; Werlich-unlisted. A five-pointed gilt star is superimposed on a silver laurel wreath. Upon the star is a plaque inscribed "FOR PERSONAL COURAGE" in Cyrillic characters. Above this is a red star enclosing a hammer and sickle and below is a banner lettered U S S R in Cyrillic. The red with white stripes ribbon is mounted on a pentagonal two-piece aluminum pinback suspender. This order was established in 1988 and issued only in the years 1989 to 1994, when it was supplanted by The Order of Courage. The badge is accompanied by the appropriate Orders Book numbered 000313, with the reverse of the medal engraved 000313 as well. Only about 600 of these Orders were presented, and most are still held by the recipients. EXTREMELY FINE.
Estimate: $700.00- $1000.00
45 x 50 mm, excluding ribbon. Vernon-unlisted; Werlich-unlisted. A five-pointed gilt star is superimposed on a silver laurel wreath. Upon the star is a plaque inscribed "FOR PERSONAL COURAGE" in Cyrillic characters. Above this is a red star enclosing a hammer and sickle and below is a banner lettered U S S R in Cyrillic. The red with white stripes ribbon is mounted on a pentagonal two-piece aluminum pinback suspender. This order was established in 1988 and issued only in the years 1989 to 1994, when it was supplanted by The Order of Courage. The badge is accompanied by the appropriate Orders Book numbered 000313, with the reverse of the medal engraved 000313 as well. Only about 600 of these Orders were presented, and most are still held by the recipients. EXTREMELY FINE.
Estimate: $700.00- $1000.00