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Precious Metal Content of Soviet Decorations
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Kutsenko doesn't list anything about HSU and HSL.
Here are some first infos from his book:

all in (metric) grams

name total weight silver gold
red banner 25.134+/-1.8 22.489+/-1.37 0.062+/-0.01

and 0.23+/-0.019 for the ring (alexei: "soedinitelnoe sveno"?)

red banner of labour

36.5+/-1.75 31.841+/-0.203 0.0517+/-0.0086

and 0.230+/-0.015 for the ring

Lenin 33.62+/-1.75 0.753+/-0.029 28.6+/-1.11
lenin depiction: 2.75+/-0.30 platinnium Pl99.8 and 99.93
ring: 0.004+/-0.0006 gold and 0.169+/-0.015 silver Ag

red star 30.4+/-2.0
22.731+/-1.203 (star)
and 3.043+/-0.130 (krasnoarmeiets depiction)
and screw 1.388+/-0.056

badge of honnour 32.85+/-1.75 29.537+/-1.369 0.0361+/-0.006
and ring 0.230+/-0.019

OGPW 1cl 32.34+/-1.65
star and enamels 14.412+/-0.879 Ag
rays 8.004+/-0.361 Au and 1.098+/-0.05 Ag
serp i molot 0.300+/-0.018 and 0.042+/-0.002
gold plating 0.025+/-0.0001
screw 1.203+/-0.046 Ag

and 2cl 28.05+/-1.5 23.606+/-1.3 (star,rays and enamels)
serp i molot 0.300+/-0.018 Au and 0.041+/-0.002 Ag
gold-plating 0.025+/-0.0004 Au
screw 1.203+/-0.046 Ag

Souvorov 1st total 41.8+/-1.8
order 28.9+/-0.95 platin (Pl99.8)
disc 6.935+/-0.23 Au and 0.183+/-0.006 Ag
Souvorov depiction 2.565+/-0.114 Au and 0.068+/-0.003 Ag
little star (zviezdotchka!!) 0.244+/-0.003 Ag
screw 1.221+/-0.092 Ag

Souvorv 2cl 29.2 +/-1.5
order 23.085+/-1.04 Au and 0.577+/-0.028 Ag
disc and depiction 3.053+/-0.185 Ag
screw 1.212+/-0.092

souvorov 3cl 25.3+/-1.5
order 22.108+/-1.24
screw 1.212+/-0.092

Koutouzov 1cl 42.0+/-1.8
order 18.193+/-0.646 Au and 0.479+/-0.017 Ag
koutouzov depiction 1.757+/-0.11 Au and 0.046+/-0.03 Ag
rays 16.965+/-0.592 Ag
gold palting 0.026+/-0.004 Au
screw 1.212+/-0.092 Ag

Koutouzov 2cl 37.3+/-1.7
order 16.835+/-0.601 Ag
koutouzov depiction 1.064+/-0.111 Ag
rays 14.8+/-0.537 Ag
screw 1.212+/-0.092 Ag

Koutouzov 3cl 26.2+/-1.5
order 22.977+/-1.277
screw 1.212+/-0.092 Ag

Nevski 40.8+/-1.7
order 33.3+/-1.11 Ag
nevski depiction 2.544+/-0.185 Ag
gold plating 0.43+/-0.0075 Au
screw 1.212+/-0.092 Ag
Sebastien
"a spectre haunts Europe, the spectre of communism"
(a well-known german bearbed)
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