03-28-2003, 02:07 AM
I'm speechless...
One of the "Big Guns" has just sold a Order of Suvorov 1st Class!!!
Does anyone know what it sold for?
Who might have bought it?
Here's his Description:
ORDER OF SUVOROV - 1st Class. (RARITY R6!)
Serial Number: 313 - New "highest observed" for the type.
Comes with Certificate of Authenticity from Paul McDaniel (one of the authors of the book: P.McDaniel and P.Schmitt "Comprehensive Guide to Soviet Orders and Medals"), very high 8 out of 10 condition rating.
Issued to Lieutenant-General Buhovetz G.K., a recipient of another 1st Class Order - Order of Kutuzov 1st Class #185.
Set also includes:
a) Copy of the Military Personal File!
b) Copies of Official Archival Research, with personal data, all of the awards, occupied positions (beginning from 1920-21), etc.
Provenance: Published in the Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America, Vol 43, No. 8, August/September 1992. Tom Lifka "Collecting Soviet State Awards - Part IV".
Excellent condition with medium patina.
Price: SOLD
Extremely Rare Highest Military Order, with most given to Marshals and 3-4 star Generals, who, being already Generals in 1940's, were not likely to live up to the 1977, when Soviet Laws changed and allowed relatives to keep the Order in the family (before that, it was to be surrendered, together with most other awards, to the Soviet State Defense Ministry)...
One of the "Big Guns" has just sold a Order of Suvorov 1st Class!!!
Does anyone know what it sold for?
Who might have bought it?
Here's his Description:
ORDER OF SUVOROV - 1st Class. (RARITY R6!)
Serial Number: 313 - New "highest observed" for the type.
Comes with Certificate of Authenticity from Paul McDaniel (one of the authors of the book: P.McDaniel and P.Schmitt "Comprehensive Guide to Soviet Orders and Medals"), very high 8 out of 10 condition rating.
Issued to Lieutenant-General Buhovetz G.K., a recipient of another 1st Class Order - Order of Kutuzov 1st Class #185.
Set also includes:
a) Copy of the Military Personal File!
b) Copies of Official Archival Research, with personal data, all of the awards, occupied positions (beginning from 1920-21), etc.
Provenance: Published in the Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America, Vol 43, No. 8, August/September 1992. Tom Lifka "Collecting Soviet State Awards - Part IV".
Excellent condition with medium patina.
Price: SOLD
Extremely Rare Highest Military Order, with most given to Marshals and 3-4 star Generals, who, being already Generals in 1940's, were not likely to live up to the 1977, when Soviet Laws changed and allowed relatives to keep the Order in the family (before that, it was to be surrendered, together with most other awards, to the Soviet State Defense Ministry)...
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