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Another piece

Check out this early attachment ;)

Additional examples of this rare medal Thanks for this one Pieter :cheers:

Nice specimen from first thousand with interesing instability in engraving ;)

Now specimen from second thousand with very interesting citation (New Year 1995 capture of Groznyi)! BTW Frank, asking price for this one was more than $1000 ;)

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A model specimen from fourth thousand

Let`s return to originals Found some new very interesting and ver usefull example`s. First will be this #47 268. Posthumous awarding with corresponding record in the order book.

Numbers of awards Imperial St Andrew around 1100 Order of Lenin around 431 418 Modern order of St Andrew 15 Looks like the only common feature they have is the word "highest"... These are completely different orders with completely different (or undescribed ) purposes that was created in different countries I think that is the real reasons behind such drastic difference in numbers ...