Soviet Order of the October Revolution

[Guest Darrell]

Thanks to Gerd, I now have both Variations of the Order of the Red October Revolution. This one isnt cased or attributed, but doesnt take away from the beauty of this award.

Obv:

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Rev:

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Obv Closeup:

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Rev Closeup:

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Variation 1 (Left) and Variation2 (Right) Obverse:

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Variation 1 (Left) and Variation2 (Right) Reverse:

[Riley1965]

Congrats!!! It's gotta be great having both variations!

Doc

[Christophe]

Interesting to notice that the two suspensions are not exactly the same (see the reverse)... We have to check this...

Cheers.

Ch.

[Gerd Becker]

Mission accomplished

Great pair, Darrel

[Guest Darrell]

Thanks guys. What's next? Getting only the REAL expensive ones left

[Ed_Haynes]

A lovely-lovely and one of my favorites.

Here is a documented example, variety 1, 11014.

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Document, cover:

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Next page.

[Ed_Haynes]

And next page, ignoring statutory stuff.

[Ed_Haynes]

And, to present it here too, my "problem-child" "group". I think of it as a set of singles stuck together. (The price was low anyway.)

Type 2, 69482

See also: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2456

[Guest Darrell]

Very nice Ed ... I have my award booklet for the Variation 1 above on another thread, but I'll repost here to keep things together ...

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Also came with it's red presentation box (posted elsewhere, but won't here).

My Order Booklet is named to Dzmanashvily, David Vasilievitch,

awarded on April 8, 1971.

Ed notice that your person is awarded the same day? Must have been a mass award of these on this date?

[Ed_Haynes]

Ed notice that your person is awarded the same day? Must have been a mass award of these on this date?

Yes, very interesting. As always, we need to know more and more and more and . . . .

[Guest Rick Research]

I don't have the sheer NUMBERS to be statistically significant, but there SEEMS to have been a PARALLEL bestowal of these in 1971/72, with

"Group X" in the 1X,XXX-2X,XXX serial number range while simultaneously and seemingly out of numerical order

"Group Y" was in the 4X,XXX serial number range.

I have no explanation for this seeming anomaly. I don't SEE such a divergence in numbers being handed out at the same time later on, but then I simply don't have enough of a documented serial number range on these.

This is a "Polar Star" sort of mystery. SOMEBODY, methinks, shipped out the wrong batch of pre-numbered awards, and they got used out of sequence.

????

[Guest Darrell]

Thanks Rick. Interesting to say the least. It would be nice to see other ORO booklets to see if there are more on this date

[Paul R]

Here is mine from a grouping...

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awarded in 1973

[Guest Darrell]

Very nice everyone ... these are some killer awards