06-03-2007, 06:17 PM
The official weight standard appears to be off on this medal or there are really a lot of fakes or somebody led me to the wrong standard.
Official standard based on the same document Content of Precious Medals in Orders Medals and Decoration badges of the USSR is
32.0 +/- 1.5 but the constituent parts are supposed to be:
Body of award -
Silver (925) - 28.342 +/- 1.277
Screw -
Silver (925) - 1.212 +/- 0.029
Combining those parts and dividing by .925 = 31.95 or approximately 32.0.
Observed weights:
3671 - 28.9
3700 - 28.5
4248 - 26.9
4749 - 29.3
5138 - 28.8
5255 - 29.5
9837 - 31.4 - meets standards ? ? ?
Since the only one that met the standard is a high number, is this a later standard?
I will add your numbers to my data as well. As you can see your Khmel is also in the range of observed but does not match what I have been led to believe is the standard.
Official standard based on the same document Content of Precious Medals in Orders Medals and Decoration badges of the USSR is
32.0 +/- 1.5 but the constituent parts are supposed to be:
Body of award -
Silver (925) - 28.342 +/- 1.277
Screw -
Silver (925) - 1.212 +/- 0.029
Combining those parts and dividing by .925 = 31.95 or approximately 32.0.
Observed weights:
3671 - 28.9
3700 - 28.5
4248 - 26.9
4749 - 29.3
5138 - 28.8
5255 - 29.5
9837 - 31.4 - meets standards ? ? ?
Since the only one that met the standard is a high number, is this a later standard?
I will add your numbers to my data as well. As you can see your Khmel is also in the range of observed but does not match what I have been led to believe is the standard.
