Orders & medals of the USSR (Putnikov)

[Tal Inbar]

By Georgi Putnikov. Compact reference, published in Moscow (1990, and 1994).Many pictures (try to get the 1990 edition - the printing quality is better), Brief - and to the point. A good 'starter" for the beginer collector. Text in English. Contain information about the designers of orders and medals, and small description of awardees.

[Christophe]

Does exist in french...
At least the 1990 edition, published by Novosti (Moscow). Never seen the 1994 edition.
A good starter, as said Tal, but the printing quality is not so high...

Also to be noticed, no so accurate as PMD's :
Ex :
Order for Service to the Motherland:

* 1st Class :
Putnikov 1990 says : More than 10,
PMD (based on Kutsenko) says : 13

* 2nd Class :
P1990 : More than 200,
PMD : 589

* 3 3rd Class :
P1990 : More than 75 000 (!),
PMD : 69 576

But not so bad for 1990 !

A good companion for the beginners...

Ch.

[vikingraider1]

I've seen this published in Spanish as well...