10-14-2010, 06:31 PM
The Enamel on the Hero Of Labour isn't very white in the picture but I've seen the enamel on the stars "taint" with age or abuse. If you invert the colours of the photograph you can see the "shadow" of the tools on the star. I would have to say that it is far easier to get older awards from NPRK rather than the more modern ones but this has very much to do with the "loyalty" of the living. These vast parades of young military personnel very rarely show orders being worn so maybe in a few years it will be the medals of today flowing out rather than the orders of yesteryear. The Hero of Labour star on a .cn website is the only Star I have seen with a lower serial number than my own but then again just how many pictures are there to be seen out there? I think I've seen 4 numbered stars so far and one is in my collection. The seller was asking well over $2000 for it but didn't get anything like that for it after I'd haggled.
