09-05-2011, 02:39 PM
The Korean Labour Order (조선로력훈장) was founded on 17th July 1951 (The same day as the Hero Of Labour) and the first 3 types had a rather Soviet design featuring a male and female worker underneath a red banner inscribed "Labour" and within a cogwheel and wreath of wheat. These earlier types were numbered. The later types have a more Korean styling and were probably changed in design at the same time as or just after the 1972 constitution. Types 1 and 2 are screwback.
Here is a very early Type 3 Korean Labour Order, constructed of plated copper and numbered in the 6250-6299 range.
Here is a very early Type 3 Korean Labour Order, constructed of plated copper and numbered in the 6250-6299 range.
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"












