Red Star.

[Bryan]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone out there has seen or heard of one person being awarded with 4 or more Red Stars. Just interested in knowing if this ever happened. Thanks,

Bryan

[Tal Inbar]

According to Muzalevsky andShishkov (Book 1 pp. 224-225) 2 people got 5 Red stars, and many got 4 red stars.

[Bryan]

Hi Tal,

Thanks for the info. I just ordered those books and am looking forward to many sleepless nights with them.

Bryan

[Tal Inbar]

Offered on ebay:

"PRE WWII ORDER OF "RED STAR"

What do you think? What about the letters next to "MONDVOR"?
What about the s p a c e d S/N?

[Ed Maier]

Tal,

Its hard to see everything from the scan. Generally speaking, the serial number looks fine. I have seen the same "font" style on other early Red Stars. The letters next to the MONDVOR are the initials of the mint worker who made the Order. You see this a lot on early pre-World War II awards. The front scan of the Order makes it look like the enamel might be replaced as it looks like a darker red then normal, but this might be from the quality of the scan as well. Nice Mondvor Red Stars are absolutly beautiful in the quality of their craftsmanship.

Just my opinion,
Ed

[Nota Bene]

Tal,

As much as I can tell from the scan, it is genuine. Notice how the screwpost was trimmed by the owner.

Alexei

[Sergey Tamayev]

Do those books have any photos of the stars being worn?

[Matthias]

Does anyone know roughly where at OotRS with a sn of #10233XX would be? Would this be a late war award or just immediately post war?

---Matthias

[McLenin]

Hi Matthias
Here is my Red Star list again:

Order of the Red Star
23313 07/11/41
27357 17/01/42
106540 04/02/43
115793 25/04/43
128718 16/04/43
155981 08/02/43
286601 03/10/43
290888 12/10/43
328207 04/11/43
376895 20/10/43
679420 23/02/44
708952 05/08/43
712063 08/06/44
803642 10/02/44
830760 27/10/44
923207 03/11/44
958226 03/11/44
971486 03/11/44
992937 10/12/44
993690 19/12/44
1218185 29/03/45
1359683 14/05/45
1355369 03/03/45
1401227 23/05/45
1452740 11/05/45
1626590 07/06/45
2035054 26/04/45
2043599 06/11/44
2237761 19/05/45
2562179 13/06/45
2763415 06/11/47
2892962 20/06/49
2909850 24/06/48
2923696 17/05/51
3001481 17/05/51
3007835 23/02/45
3255036 05/11/54
3422149 18/12/56

So it looks like yours is probably late 44 to early 45... probably.

McL

[Matthias]

Hmm. I was under the impression, I think I read it on this or one of the other major pages, that except for the late WW2 awards here and there (esp to WW2 POWs), WW2 OotRS' pretty much ended at some point in the 1st half or so of the one millions. Weird.

Do you think that your 6/11/44 awarded one (in the 2 mill + range) might be a reissue/re-SN? Hrm.

---Matthias