Red Banner.

[desantnik]

Hi All,

I have a few questions about serial number ranges for the Order of the Red Banner. I've tried finding this info on my own with the search function, but I couldn't locate anything.

1. What is the highest serial number ORB ever produced?

2. What is the highest serial number ORB ever awarded? Is there an unissued award range, as there is with the ORS and OSH3's?

3. Is there any data concerning the serial numbers of ORB's awarded for post-WW2 actions (in other words, not long-service), especially for Afghanistan?

Any and all help is greatly appreciated! Thanks very much! :thumbsup

-Alex

Semanticly, the first two questions probably cannot be answered exactly. Soviet awards continued to be awarded in the post-1991 era and blocks of awards were given to post-Soviet republics for their own catch-up awardings. Additionally, both categories should best be approached - what are the highest serial-numbered events "encountered" by the collecting/research community.

As to the third question, that too would take seriously digging in the archives. Even if one knew the very highest serial number awarded for long service, among awardings for post-WWII actions are catch-up awards for WWII.

Bottom line, to answer your questions would require years of research in the archives and could probably even then never be 100% answered.