04-04-2003, 12:08 PM
I'm sure the medals would have been made in large production batches. It's highly likely that the mint or Russian government has a collection of unissued soviet awards somewhere. You saw this a while back with the Orders of Personal courage which came onto the market with five digit serial numbers instead of six. In all respects, these are identical to the originals, but were never issued. The serial numbers were therefore probably added, incorrectly, before being released onto the open market.
This probably means there are a whole bunch of other, old soviet medals and orders, which may come onto the market at some point in the future.
Kind Regards,
Shane Cook.
This probably means there are a whole bunch of other, old soviet medals and orders, which may come onto the market at some point in the future.
Kind Regards,
Shane Cook.
