Red Star.
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Red Star.
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08-26-2012, 07:44 PM
EricFG Wrote:Wondered about that myself. What's with the mark over the trooper's shoulder that seems to correspond with the discoloration on the reverse? More than a discoloration, my friend. If my aging eyes do not deceive me, it looks as though a T-shaped rough attempt at a rivet is poking out of the reverse and I assume connected somehow through the medallion.:confused: Phillip
Phillip
08-27-2012, 10:19 PM
Bill Garvy Wrote:It appears to be a very crude repair. Indeed, this sort of thing really ruins the order for me. :mad:
"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas?"
I. V. Stalin 
08-27-2012, 10:33 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-27-2012, 10:38 PM by Bill Garvy.)
I agree. There are other examples in better condition, and that is certainly one way of looking at it. However, crude repair notwithstanding, there is a unique and distinctive character to the order, in my opinion. The repair is only part of the story.
08-28-2012, 03:24 PM
At 70 years old, i think i will probably have had a lot cruder repairs done to me.
Still a beautiful piece, it's just had a hard life. Tom 
08-31-2012, 06:07 AM
Hi,
I somehow like these custom repairs by veterans. Jens 
09-14-2012, 08:03 PM
It almost looks like a piece of shrapnel...
deValcourt Wrote:More than a discoloration, my friend. If my aging eyes do not deceive me, it looks as though a T-shaped rough attempt at a rivet is poking out of the reverse and I assume connected somehow through the medallion.:confused: 
10-05-2012, 06:18 PM
Here is a low numbered ORS that I got for a REALLY great price today. What are your thoughts? I do see the repair on the screwpost. Do you all think that this one is most likely a long service decoration or do you think it could be something really good?
The number is 344,064 I got it for about 70 dollars.
Thats a nice one! I am pretty sure that it is a "real" award and it should be researched. :thumbsup
I got a Red Start # 390867 with the same "pebbled" back (the left one).
10-05-2012, 09:54 PM
[SIZE="3"]Paul, it's much too early to be a long service award, probably awarded late 1943, and, in my opinion, certainly worthy of a research effort. You certainly got a good price!
As I recall, amongst Russian speaking collectors, there is a word used to describe the "pebbling" you and Jens observe on the reverse of your Red Stars. The word escapes me at the moment. Jens, here is a close relative, #390871. . . Note replaced enamel on the one arm.[/SIZE] |
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