Bogdan Hmel'nitskij.

[Nota Bene]

Seems a bit too excessive considering the condition. The die breakage is interesting.

I am sort of collecting scans of the Order of Khmelnitsky 3rd class with a die break, hoping that eventually it could lead to some research. Would appreciate scans from fellow members, obverse and reverse please.

So far I have authenticated 17 pieces with a die break, and have pictures of many more. Also I have seen a fake piece with a very convincing die break imitation. If anyone has those please post them as well.

Here's an example.

Alexei

[Bill Garvy]

Congratulatory Certificate dated March 4th, 1944 issued to Lieutenant-Colonel Lev Osipovich Stern for the awarding of the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 2nd Class, February 23rd, 1944 by Lieutenant-General Ilya Kornilovich Smirnov, Commander of the L’viv Ukraine SSR Military District.