desantnik Wrote:If I understand correctly, Isherwood's Lenin is #7384 and his Order Booklet is #7381.
Yes.
My guess would be that the four were awarded 7381, 7382, 7383, and 7384. When the ambassador handed them over, they matched the books.
When the suspension replacements came along, they were passed around (by British authorities) without much attention to the numbering and everything got jumbled. Isherwood turned in screwback 7381 and got suspension 7384 in exchange. What's the problem? Everyone got a Lenin. Not everyone cares (or cared) about numbers the way contemporary collectors do. And, besides, neither his DFC or AFC (the most important awards to him) would have been named or numbered or anything.
Errors in some later books have confused things even more.
So fas as I know, only Isherwood's and Haw's groups have come onto the market.
