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Auction 33  9 January 2014
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Lot 2089

Estimate: 70 000 USD
Price realized: 65 000 USD
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RUSSIAN MEDALS. CIVIL WAR and SOVIET UNION. ORDERS OF THE SOVIET REPUBLICS. Order of the Red Banner of RSFSR 2nd Award. Award # 571. Silver. Red and white enamels. Screwback. C/C010401 (R3). Herf 1.1.2. Kuts pp. 24-48. About 400 issued. Extremely Rare 2nd award, as most recipients, who were lucky enough to survive Stalin's Purges and all wars between Russian Civil War and WWII, replaced them with the later "CCCP" types on suspension. Condition: Enamel chips, one of the flagpoles broken off on top, The screw is apparently not original, still above average example of This extremely rare and desirable type

Estimate: US$ 70,000
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