Chinese Orders

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The most beautiful and rarest orders of China are as followings:

Order of August, 1st (the date that PLA come into existence), Order of Independence And freedom, Order of Liberation. Those are all awarded in 1955 and 1957 and have three classes. Made in Soviet.
Then there are Honored Order of Red Star (two classes), Honored Order of Independence and Honored Order of Victory(both have only one class).They are established in 1988. Made in China.

Order of August, 1st were awarded to those who have distinguish service in the Ground Revolution War (from August, 1st, 1927 to July 6th, 1930).
1st class: Awarded to division commanders or beyond. Only 178 have been presented.
2nd Class: Awarded to regiment or battalion commanders. 1467 have been presented.
3rd Class: Awarded to those who have take part in the Long March. 5339 have been presented.

Order of Independence And freedom were awarded to those who have distinguish service in Anti-Japanese War. (from July 7th, 1937 to Sep 2nd, 1945)
1st class: Awarded to division commanders or beyond. Only 313 have been presented.
2nd Class: Awarded to regiment or brigade commanders. 4152 have been presented.
3rd Class: Awarded to battalion or company commanders. 31098 have been presented.

Order of Liberation were awarded to those who have distinguish service in China Liberation War. (from Sep 3rd, 1945 to Jun 30th, 1945)
1st class: Awarded to army commanders or beyond. Only 991 have been presented.
2nd class: Awarded to division commanders. 4932 have been presented.
3rd Class: Awarded to regiment or battalion commanders. 54789 have been presented.

You see, I am a sophomore of college student and my English is not very well. So I only translated some information of Chinese orders. Hope it is not so bad. If you are interested, I will translated more about those three kinds of orders and those Honored Orders. Besides, I will also tell you some key points in collecting Chinese orders and medals. (Though I am 21 years old I have been collecting for more than 5 years.)

The following picture is a fantastic group.
Row 1: Honored Order of Red Star, 2nd class
Row 2, from left to right: Order of August, 1st 2nd class, Order of Independence And freedom, 2nd class, Order of Liberation 2nd class.