-Red Star - 3835690 (awarded 28 April 1992, for actions in January 1991!)
-Glory 3rd - 791431 (awarded 3 April 1992) PMD says that they were awarded with numbers up through 900,000, but I have yet to see one, and it seems strange that since they were being awarded by the same place, instead of by individual units as during WW2, there would be a 200,000 range in serial numbers. (Anyone else ever seen one with a 800-900,000 range s/n?)
The highest Number on an Order of Glory 3rd Class in my collection is 808189.I also have numbers 808107 and 808182.These three were purchased at the same time as unissued,they are in Mint condition with a slight patina.
I have an Order of the Red Star, Nr. 3671477 awarded to Junior Lieutenant Zaitsev, who served as a Deputy Rifle Battalion commander in the 354th Rifle Division for wounds he received during 1942.
08-28-2008, 02:19 PM (This post was last modified: 08-28-2008, 02:23 PM by Bill Garvy.)
Wait, hold the presses, Order of the Red Star, #3672543, awarded to Junior Lieutenant Aleksandr M. Stolyarenko , a graduate of the Charkow Tank School (October, 1942). He was a tank commander in 30th Guards Tank Brigade. He was heavily wounded near Leningrad on February 12th, 1943, and was honorably discharged October 20th, 1943. He received his Red Star in 1970.