Fake Orders of the Red Star

[rocketscientist]

Nice to read from you Auke. Yourself and marsino are right in being suspicious concerning this serial number, but I can tell you it was not doctored, but "restored". The family of the veteran was afraid to get in trouble if caught selling the order, therefore they tried to scratch the serial number away. Apparently this operation is not so easy, so they gave up but nevertheless the serial was messed up. One of the next owners had to polish the area and to reinforce the previous engraving to give back to the star an acceptable appearance.

In the photo, the way the serial number looked like after the attempt to erase it.

ciao
sergio