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Frank, where you get this info?!? Who told you about these strange prices? The lowerest price I've ever saw was $285 for piece with 5-digit number without doc. There are pretty good reasons for price fluctuations. They are 1) to whom and for what this or that order was awarded 2) doc and/or additional doc's 3) number of the order 4) type of the mint mark 5) posthumous/non-posthumous awarding etc. Price of course didn't fluctuate in the diapason of +/- 400% It is more or less stable. Around $300/$400 and in downside trend (for obvious reasons). And it's not the number of orders issued that counts - it's the number of cavaliers that actually ready to sell their orders that really counts And of course there is market for RF awards in RF P.S. You are right about one thing - the price for fake Courage is quite stable P.P.S. There is a huge difference between the market for ministerial awards and the market for actual awards The demand for actual awards is out there, although not as strong (to put it very mildly) as demand for soviets orders and medals.

For $150? In this case we are talking about very special friend :lol:

Or even better - I'll make a separate thread for you about this order

No campaign or general service medal for this "campaign" Paul.

Whatver Whatever you say man As soon as you'll find the original piece for $150 - let me know P.S. The real problem is that there are higher quality fakes ...

I am very sorry man ... http://auction-su.com/---,name,1383648,auction_id,auction_details

Missed this post... Frank, you better tell me that this piece isn't yours ... Because it looks like 100% fake The real one will cost you around $350-$400 and rare variations up to several thousands ...

For quite terrible (as per usual) sum of money... Around 2,3 k Cheers, Nick

A la Napoleon I don't know Hugh... Black rays instead of red and black and central medallion looks completely different ... Regards, Nick P.S. Great ancestors you have Alex :cheers:

Stars :rolleyes:

Nicely patinated old timer ...

A new series of breast stars. Some are really interesting.... We will start with this Russian beauty ;)

Without comments ;)

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Check out this gorgeous piece from Spada collection (thanks again Markus! )

Order of Lenin = St Andrew ... En formaliste - yes, but in réalité objective?! With only 15 cavaliers of St Andrew in the 14 years?!? They simply don`t know for whom they created this order :lol:

You see, they created "For Merit to the Fartheland" as some kinds succéder to St. Vladimir Order. Later different people decided to reinstate St. Andrew and of St. George Orders. For reasons unknown to me... Especially since they kept Hero title and many military orders from Soviet epoch. Quite végétative awarding system ....