Red Star.

[godefroy]

Hello,
last week i got this Order of the Red Star for around 20 USD. Photos form auction was a bit blurry but i decide to take a risk.
Theara are scratches on the serial number, but i think its easy to recognise number. As i want to order research, could you let me know your opinion about s/n

I think it would be 312 764

[Bill Garvy]

I agree, it appears to be #312764, and obtained at a very favorable price.

[godefroy]

Dear Bill,
thank you very much for your opinion. Price was quite atractive due to the scratches and blury photos. It will be researched:) Any chance for Kursk?

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]You're welcome, and as far as Kursk, I simply do not know, however, here are some of data points which would suggest fall, 1943.

-#333394 Awarded late 1943, no research available.

-#329859 Awarded October 19th to 26th, 1943, no research available.

-#311597 Awarded October 6th, 1943 to Private Ucha Chichikovich Gelovani, Driver of the Commander of the 414th Rifle Division.

-#304335 Awarded September 10th, 1943 to Captain Ivan Semyonovich Nedobezhkin, Assistant Chief of the Smersh Counterintelligence Section of the 18th Tank Corps, 5th Guards Tank Army, 2nd Ukrainian Front.

-#302122 Awarded September 28th, 1943 to Captain-Engineer Vasily Andreyevich Engovatov, Senior Aircraft Technician with the Aircraft Engine Repair Team of the 823rd Mobile Field Aircraft Workshop, 2nd Air Army.
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[CtahhR]

Here is a Kursk Red Star - http://soviet-awards.com/forum/soviet-aw...kursk.html

Serial numbers can be good pointers but sometimes you get some really strange anomalies. I have a "For Bravery" for Stalingrad in the 87k range and also 1.8m range (not a catch up) and just this week it turned out one of my 682k "For Combat Merits" is also for Stalingrad - not numbers in ranges that would suggest Stalingrad at all. Research is always the solution. An offer I can provide.

[godefroy]

Thank you once again,
you are right but maybe some Kurs dids was awr later on.

Order of the Red Star 352 150 - Awarder October 10th, 1943
for "Rumiancev" operation (August 10-21th, 1943).

[CtahhR]

Here is Red Star #3321058. Unfortunately not found in the archive (yet).

[dalcaissian]

Hello,
I just picked up this Red Star. The number is 761519