Red Banner.

[ericlida]

Nice group!!!!:thumbsup:)

[matteti]

I had that group after Dave S. researched it and eventually sold it.. then it was for sale by Alex N. and I bought it.

I have so much research paperwork to go through, but once I have everything translated, sorted out and arranged in a nice content, I will post it here.

[Esteban_cool]

It´s a very nice group! Congrats! :thumbsup

[UQWozza]

Lovely group:thumbsup

[RedMaestro2]

Hi All,

I have a few questions about serial number ranges for the Order of the Red Banner. I've tried finding this info on my own with the search function, but I couldn't locate anything.

1. What is the highest serial number ORB ever produced?

2. What is the highest serial number ORB ever awarded? Is there an unissued award range, as there is with the ORS and OSH3's?

3. Is there any data concerning the serial numbers of ORB's awarded for post-WW2 actions (in other words, not long-service), especially for Afghanistan?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated! Thanks very much! :thumbsup

-Alex

[desantnik]

Hi All,

I have a few questions about serial number ranges for the Order of the Red Banner. I've tried finding this info on my own with the search function, but I couldn't locate anything.

1. What is the highest serial number ORB ever produced?

2. What is the highest serial number ORB ever awarded? Is there an unissued award range, as there is with the ORS and OSH3's?

3. Is there any data concerning the serial numbers of ORB's awarded for post-WW2 actions (in other words, not long-service), especially for Afghanistan?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated! Thanks very much! :thumbsup

-Alex

Semanticly, the first two questions probably cannot be answered exactly. Soviet awards continued to be awarded in the post-1991 era and blocks of awards were given to post-Soviet republics for their own catch-up awardings. Additionally, both categories should best be approached - what are the highest serial-numbered events "encountered" by the collecting/research community.

As to the third question, that too would take seriously digging in the archives. Even if one knew the very highest serial number awarded for long service, among awardings for post-WWII actions are catch-up awards for WWII.

Bottom line, to answer your questions would require years of research in the archives and could probably even then never be 100% answered.

[RedMaestro2]

Semanticly, the first two questions probably cannot be answered exactly. Soviet awards continued to be awarded in the post-1991 era and blocks of awards were given to post-Soviet republics for their own catch-up awardings. Additionally, both categories should best be approached - what are the highest serial-numbered events "encountered" by the collecting/research community.

As to the third question, that too would take seriously digging in the archives. Even if one knew the very highest serial number awarded for long service, among awardings for post-WWII actions are catch-up awards for WWII.

Bottom line, to answer your questions would require years of research in the archives and could probably even then never be 100% answered.

Aha. I thought this might be the case, but I asked anyway in the hope that there would be more data. Thanks.

[EricFG]

I've got a Red Banner and it's serial number is in the 503k range. That makes it, most likely, a long service award, correct?

Assuming if the guy was "in" for 20 years he'd had to have aquired some decent rank and therefore a little more money than your average soldier. Wouldn't it make long service ORBs a bit harder to come by? I'm thinking a career soldier less likely to sell his awards or maybe a high-ranker whose awards were less common?

Perusing Echoes I'm guessing 200,000 long service ORB awards? That would deflate my theory some.

What do you think?

[EricFG]

pichurz...:punch

[deValcourt]

I can't help with your question, but I know what I like when I see it - and this sure is perty:D