11-12-2004, 08:02 PM
Dolf - you're showing the Orders of the Star I and II Class. The gold-colored one is the I Class and the "gold-plated" center is the II Class. As you can guess, they were patterned after the Soviet Order of Glory series. I don't know if they were awarded in a sequential order or whether these were just classes of the awards. The marks on the back are true "Arabic" numerals for I and II.
Your I and II Classes are the type produced after 30 NOV 87 through '92 when things started going downhill and the Taliban took over. There is an earlier version of your two pieces awarded from 24 DEC 80 through 30 NOV 87 which looks essentially the same, but has an opened book at the bottom of the center design and a communist-type star at the top of the wreaths.
Your I and II Classes are the type produced after 30 NOV 87 through '92 when things started going downhill and the Taliban took over. There is an earlier version of your two pieces awarded from 24 DEC 80 through 30 NOV 87 which looks essentially the same, but has an opened book at the bottom of the center design and a communist-type star at the top of the wreaths.
