The famous daily newspaper : Krasnaya Zvezda (Red star)... with an Order of the Red Star (of course!!).
www.redstar.ru
We all know that some awards - and amongst them the most prestigious - have been awarded to "organisations", and not exclusively to individuals.
As organisations, we can understand and include Armed Forces Units, Banners, Towns, Factories and Enterprises, Newspapers...
Some of them (Gramota or docs, as well as the award / medal itself), are presently, either still ownership of their awardees (or successors / descendants), or displayed in Museums or exhibition places.
Some others are owned by private collectors or - sometimes - coming out on the market ; Dave, recently showed us - coming out on the market - the Gramota of the Ushakov 1st class awarded to the 9th Fighter Aviation Division.
Dear Members of the Forum,
1. Do some of you have in your collection such Gramota/Docs and / or awards/orders/medals you know for sure having been awarded to non-individuals ?
If yes, can you post them (references and/or pics) ?
2. In a general manner, do you have any idea if the Docs are more easily available than the Orders on the market (or the contrary) ?
As a cultural fact, it is - I think - interesting to see if these awards have been kept by these "organisations" as part of their valuable patrimony, or given/sold to museums; or if these have also been sometimes sold for money - and may be some stolen - as have been so many individuals' awards.
Cheers.
Ch.
www.redstar.ru
We all know that some awards - and amongst them the most prestigious - have been awarded to "organisations", and not exclusively to individuals.
As organisations, we can understand and include Armed Forces Units, Banners, Towns, Factories and Enterprises, Newspapers...
Some of them (Gramota or docs, as well as the award / medal itself), are presently, either still ownership of their awardees (or successors / descendants), or displayed in Museums or exhibition places.
Some others are owned by private collectors or - sometimes - coming out on the market ; Dave, recently showed us - coming out on the market - the Gramota of the Ushakov 1st class awarded to the 9th Fighter Aviation Division.
Dear Members of the Forum,
1. Do some of you have in your collection such Gramota/Docs and / or awards/orders/medals you know for sure having been awarded to non-individuals ?
If yes, can you post them (references and/or pics) ?
2. In a general manner, do you have any idea if the Docs are more easily available than the Orders on the market (or the contrary) ?
As a cultural fact, it is - I think - interesting to see if these awards have been kept by these "organisations" as part of their valuable patrimony, or given/sold to museums; or if these have also been sometimes sold for money - and may be some stolen - as have been so many individuals' awards.
Cheers.
Ch.
