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Old 04-01-2005, 11:32 AM   #1
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The most beautiful and rarest orders of China are as followings:

Order of August, 1st (the date that PLA come into existence), Order of Independence And freedom, Order of Liberation. Those are all awarded in 1955 and 1957 and have three classes. Made in Soviet.
Then there are Honored Order of Red Star (two classes), Honored Order of Independence and Honored Order of Victory(both have only one class).They are established in 1988. Made in China.

Order of August, 1st were awarded to those who have distinguish service in the Ground Revolution War (from August, 1st, 1927 to July 6th, 1930).
1st class: Awarded to division commanders or beyond. Only 178 have been presented.
2nd Class: Awarded to regiment or battalion commanders. 1467 have been presented.
3rd Class: Awarded to those who have take part in the Long March. 5339 have been presented.

Order of Independence And freedom were awarded to those who have distinguish service in Anti-Japanese War. (from July 7th, 1937 to Sep 2nd, 1945)
1st class: Awarded to division commanders or beyond. Only 313 have been presented.
2nd Class: Awarded to regiment or brigade commanders. 4152 have been presented.
3rd Class: Awarded to battalion or company commanders. 31098 have been presented.

Order of Liberation were awarded to those who have distinguish service in China Liberation War. (from Sep 3rd, 1945 to Jun 30th, 1945)
1st class: Awarded to army commanders or beyond. Only 991 have been presented.
2nd class: Awarded to division commanders. 4932 have been presented.
3rd Class: Awarded to regiment or battalion commanders. 54789 have been presented.

You see, I am a sophomore of college student and my English is not very well. So I only translated some information of Chinese orders. Hope it is not so bad. If you are interested, I will translated more about those three kinds of orders and those Honored Orders. Besides, I will also tell you some key points in collecting Chinese orders and medals. (Though I am 21 years old I have been collecting for more than 5 years.)

The following picture is a fantastic group.
Row 1: Honored Order of Red Star, 2nd class
Row 2, from left to right: Order of August, 1st 2nd class, Order of Independence And freedom, 2nd class, Order of Liberation 2nd class.
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Old 04-01-2005, 12:05 PM   #2
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Knightcat,

Very interesting information. I knew that Chinese orders were scarce, but I did not know that they were so rare.
Great photo. Is it part of your collection?

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hello Marc, we've a common friend in Paris who has the chance to possess the 3rd class of the order of liberation...isn't it? ;)

Very high quality massive silver, a feeling and a coinage quality identical to soviet craftmanship...
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Old 04-01-2005, 05:55 PM   #4
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Hi Sebastien,

Yes, and that is the only Chinese order I have ever handled. As you said, very nice quality, solid silver.
I just can't believe that they gave out so few of them.

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Old 04-01-2005, 06:24 PM   #5
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Lapa,

It ‘s not my collection for it’s too dear for me. Nowadays such group will cost you about 100,000 RMB, approximately $12000. But even you have the money, you can find it only by chance. Because the price is ascending so rapidly, and real collectors who hold them will not easily sell the orders. I have colleted all 3rd class of those orders which presented in 1955. I bought Order of August, 1st for 6000 RMB by chance, but today, it’s still very difficult to find one available even if you are willing to paid more than 10000$. SO did the Order of Independence and Freedom and Order of Liberation.
Collecting all the three 1st class order in original box and with the document is only a dream. 1000000 RMB at least.

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Old 10-01-2005, 07:44 AM   #6
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Here is a funny thing. I was told by a friend in china that there is one set of Chinese Orders, 2nd class including Order of August, 1st , Order of Independence And freedom, Order of Liberation priced at 150,000 pounds in British Museum. Do you think it is possible? I think it is a rumor.
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Old 10-01-2005, 02:27 PM   #7
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it would be a bit like a rumor about the order of victory of King Michal of Romania...I can't tell you at all...150000£ is astounding! We could compare these orders to Suvorov 1st in rarity (but I even don't have the production statistics to establish a comparison basis!!!) and even then we're out of focus...
without proof, for me it is a rumor! ;)
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1955 china pla order. 3cl. in china only have 2 times to have order. one is 1955 other is 1988. 1955's order is beautifu than 1988. and expensive than 1988.

left is order of 8.1, 3nd: must join pla before 1935-10-20 and in work no any mistake . it only have 5339 orders of 8.1 ,3nd;

middle is order of inpendecne and freedom 3nd; must jion pla after 1937-7-7 before 1945-9-2 and in wolk no any mistake. rank must more than major. this order have 31098

right is order of reverlution 3nd; must join pla after 1945-9-3 before 1950-6-30, and no mistake in word. rank must more than major. this order have 54897
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Re: china order for 1955

Thanks for the post! We all need to learn so much more and there are no good reference books.
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1955 china order 2nd

very nice order. china only have 2 times can have order. one is 1955 other is 1988.
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