05-29-2003, 01:55 PM
Here are some pics of rare order from Tuva Republic (small republic in Asian part of the USSR, close to Mongolia).
Some background on Tuva Republic order:
This is Type 2, emission of 1941.
Name: "Order of TAR Republic" (Tuva Autonomous Republic).
Established: 1932, final statute - 1936.
Order was manufactured on Leningrad Mint.
Only 250 orders were made.
Second version was manufactured in summer of 1941, mintage of about 200 pieces.
Most of the Type 1 orders were exchanged to Type 2. Only 27 recipients did not exchange their orders, plus 4 were kept in the Tuva museum.
Only few pieces of Type 1 Tuva order survived, compared with 30+ specimens of Type 2.
William
Some background on Tuva Republic order:
This is Type 2, emission of 1941.
Name: "Order of TAR Republic" (Tuva Autonomous Republic).
Established: 1932, final statute - 1936.
Order was manufactured on Leningrad Mint.
Only 250 orders were made.
Second version was manufactured in summer of 1941, mintage of about 200 pieces.
Most of the Type 1 orders were exchanged to Type 2. Only 27 recipients did not exchange their orders, plus 4 were kept in the Tuva museum.
Only few pieces of Type 1 Tuva order survived, compared with 30+ specimens of Type 2.
William
