Soviet Order of Suvorov 2nd class

[JimZ]

Gentlemen,

I'm sure most of us might have been watching the 2nd class Order of Suvorov up on one of the auction sites. Sold for the modest sum of USD3,000 I still have not drawn my conclusions as to whether or not this was a stunning original or an excellent fake. Search as i could I did not find this particular award up for discussion on the site. I therefore thought I'd ask you gentlemen to post mortem of this item.

Jim

[JimZ]

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[alanirvine]

For one, the mintmark doesn't seem right.

Alanirvine