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Order "Red Banner Of Labour". - deValcourt - 07-11-2010
So only the first emission orders had serial numbers? Do you have an idea of what the highest recorded number is?
Phillip
Order "Red Banner Of Labour". - CtahhR - 07-11-2010
Only the first 2 variations of the first type of the Red Banner Of Labour were numbered. Some were numbered twice and some had digits upside down within the full number so obviously not a job given the most attention.
Order "Red Banner Of Labour". - Agresto - 09-22-2010
Just got this. Let me know what you think. :D
Order "Red Banner Of Labour". - deValcourt - 09-22-2010
Looks good to me and you have both award booklet (they didn't make them very flashy) and the awarding box.:thumbsup I'd like to see the reverse of the medal as well. Serial number?
Phillip
Order "Red Banner Of Labour". - CtahhR - 09-22-2010
A Solid Type 2 Variation 2 ORBL, A nice start for a Bulgarian collection. Hope you didn't pay too much!
Order "Red Banner Of Labour". - Agresto - 09-22-2010
I don't have the reverse yet, need my girlfriend to take the pictures since I don't have a camera. There is no serial number on the back which I thought was common for the Bulgarian awards.
I only paid about $20 which didn't seem too bad to me.
The weight surprised me most. I was expecting a Soviet weight but it seems much heavier. Then again I don't have the Soviet counterpart to compare. The case is also very nice. Much more solid compared to an American style box. There is a little damage on the order booklet but other then that the entire set looks wonderful.
Order "Red Banner Of Labour". - CtahhR - 09-23-2010
$20 is fair enough, $25 (delivered) is about the top end. These Bulgarian awards could afford to be a little heavier because they were not made out of solid silver or gold but made out of alloys. There are 5 variations of the ORBL that I know of but the earlier ones (Specially the very first variation) you need three figures to purchase. You can pick up late ORLB without a case or paperwork for well under $10 any time. The early type of the Labour Banner is rarer than the Military Type but later Labour Banners are far more common than late (awarded) Military types.
Order "Red Banner Of Labour". - Ruiz - 09-30-2010
Agresto , beautiful Order and nice price.
Order "Red Banner Of Labour". - CtahhR - 09-27-2011
Here is an extremely rare "Red Banner Of Labour" Type 1 Variation 1. This variation has the heptagonal recess in the reverse for the nut holding the Order together. The later variant has a round recess. This Order is currently numbered 312 but it was originally numbered 11 as I have tried to show in the 3rd picture by playing with the photograph the "11" is deeper than the "312" and the 2 is over the second 1 in "11". The reason for this renumbered is unknown although it may have been retracted and reissued or officially renumbered to match a document. The renumbering has been done with the correct mint tools. The Order has also had a hole drilled though it. This hole may have been done during production or by the awardee to attach better to the uniform? The hole is not a recent "addition".
Order "Red Banner Of Labour". - CtahhR - 09-27-2011
Here is the case for the first variation of the Order. The case is an old imperial case (of an unknown Order) with a "new" fabric label pasted over the imperial Order's name. Part of the new regime's using of surplus imperial items.