Labour Awardings Database

[Bill Garvy]

Order of the Red Banner of Labor, #313740, December 2nd, 1954

Order of the Red Banner of Labor, #1173392, May 12th, 1977

[Tommy]

Thank you Keith, Marsino and Bill, these are all extremely helpful.

Interestingly, Keiths awards that were from Estonia, show in my spreadsheet that they were awarded quite a long time after other close numbered awards, displaying the shipping batches off to different areas possibly?

Cheers,

Tom

[aironmeiden]

Originally Posted by Keith

Here is my tiny contribution, all from Estonia

Lenin 4/8/71 401664
Badge of Honor 6/23/66 456263
Badge of Honor 5/7/71 659132
Red Banner of Labor 9/6/73 781361

Keith

Originally Posted by CtahhR

What is the date format?
Universal dd/mm/yy or Civilian US mm/dd/yy?

My guess from "Badge of Honor 6/23/66 456263" is that the format is M/D/Y

[Keith]

The format is M/D/Y. Estonia got their all union awards in batches, perhaps many years' worth of awards at a time. In the 90s, it was not so difficult to find unawarded orders with consecutive serial numbers that had found their way into the markets.
I would not be surprised if due to distribution issues the correlation between date and number is not as close as you get farther from Moscow.
Keith

[RedMaestro2]

Originally Posted by Keith

The format is M/D/Y. Estonia got their all union awards in batches, perhaps many years' worth of awards at a time. In the 90s, it was not so difficult to find unawarded orders with consecutive serial numbers that had found their way into the markets.
I would not be surprised if due to distribution issues the correlation between date and number is not as close as you get farther from Moscow.
Keith

One of my favorite images illustrating the randomness of late awardings. Husband and Wife, ORBL and OLG3, same date, same place... totally different award booklet serial numbers.