For Service To The Motherland In The Armed Forces Of The USSR.

[Lapa]

#5090, partial relief
#5328, plain reverse
#5846, partial relief

[Lapa]

#18861, partial relief (apparently)
#19117, partial relief

[Lapa]

#21856, partial relief
#23055, partial relief (23884 flat back)
#26415, partial relief

[Lapa]

#26415, apparently partial relief (poor quality photo)
#26978, partial relief
Unfortunately, I don't have any more scans, and none at all in the 54xxx range.
Hope this helps,

Marc

[Nota Bene]

Updated and revised:

0043-0423 all flat backs (apparently);
0459 is the lowest mirror reverse I have seen so far;
0673, 0680 and 0870 - clear mirror reverse;
0871 and 0944 - flat back;
0982, 1113, 1134, 1152, 1155 - clear mirror reverse;
1159 - flatback;
1169, 1272, 1298, 1315, 1344, 1455, 1584, 1695 - mirror reverse;
1916 is flat back;
1983, 2037, 2379, 2412, 2487, 2517, 2565, 2566, 2576, 2586, 2618, 2651, 2733, 2735, 2804, 2913 - mirror reverse;
3287 - partial relief;
3312, 3322, 3341 - mirror reverse;
3372 - partial relief;
3532 - mirror reverse;
3624 - flat back;
3705, 3739 - mirror reverse;
3923, 4021, 4399 - partial relief;
4417, 4480, 4695, 4748, - mirror reverse;
4953 - plain;
4994 - mirror reverse;
5024, 5090, 5157, 5328 - weak partial relief;
5388 - mirror reverse;
5480, 5706 - plain reverse;
5748 - mirror reverse;
5846 - partial (I think);
6463, 6475, 8222 - plain;
8302 - weak partial relief;
8881, 8988 - plain;
10187, 10416, 10621, 10941, 11200, 11683, 13530, 13571, 14016, 14136, 14222(?), 14376, 14441, 14786, 15504(?), 16341, 16467 - partial relief;
16685 - plain;
16855, 17126 - partial relief;
17491, 18000, 18136 - plain;
18343, 18735, 18861, 19117, 19137 - partial relief.

Partial relief pieces are also observed, apparently randomly, in the 20XXX-30XXX range.

One mirror reverse piece was observed in the 54XXX range.

Alexei

[Riley1965]

Alexei,
Here's my "Spider" s/n 70572

:thumbsup:thumbsup Doc

[roy]

Here is the 3rd class version in my collection. It is serial number 41821.

[Nota Bene]

Roy,

Thanks, nice piece! It was probably awarded on August 17, 1981.

Alexei

[desantnik]

Alexei, I forgot to mention that I saw Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov award a III Class to an Afghan vet for achievements in 1988 on 23 February 2009 in Moldova. I didn't manage to get the serial number, however:).

[Nota Bene]

Thanks! A bunch of them were awarded in 2006, i am still waiting for the numbers.

Alexei