Orders And Medals Of The Ussr

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"y V.V.Sanko. Piblishing House"HARVEST"MINSK. 2004. Only 500 copies.
352 pages. Text in English, Russian and German.
This book is the first of it's kind, in any language to catalogue by type, variation, and serial number the wide variety of Soviet Order and Medals. This book explains not only the history of each award, but the official statutes and regulations governing them, and contains over 630 color photographs. The observe and reverse off each type and variation are illustrated, as well as soldiers, sailors and civilians wearing their decorations. Rarity ratings are assigned to each type and variation and there is a separate items associated with Soviet Orders and Medals. There is also a section within each chapter which examines fakes that have been observed by the authors."