Fake Orders of the Red Banner

[Alfred]

Thanks Leaftree,

Why would that be done do you think? Is it a time period alteration or has it been done later on to match a missing award in a award book?

Thnx!

Serial number is engraved not in the style of a mint. Imho defenitely a bad one.

In general, there are a lot of reasons for this chanced serial numbers. Fitting to an award book, to get more money when selling. Short after the wall fall down, many persons who sold their awards removed serial numbers. Because they had the fear, that somebody can track the number and will punish them.
Now "bad persons" engrave new Serial numbers to sell them for higher prices.

Some Serial number chances were done by mint. Wrong number was engraved, renumbering a replacement Award for a lost one "duplicat". Some were renumbered when Leningrad mint moved to Krasnokamps during the war (expecially Newski in the 10.xxx rang and so on....)

But the whole piece looks strange. At the moment I do not have my reference pictures available.

best regards
Andreas