Soviet MZPP Orders of the Red Star

[Bryan]

Do you guys have some MZPP Red Stars in your collection? Those are the one with the funny engraved numbers.

Order of the Red Star MZPP #1836121

Edited November 8, 2007 by Bryan

[Christian Zulus]

Do you guys have some MZPP Red Stars in your collection? Those are the one with the funny engraved numbers.

Dear Bryan,

what does MZPP mean ?

These engraved numbers look a bit sloppy done ...

Best regards

Christian

[Ed_Haynes]

I may have one, maybe, but I (too) am incredibly confused. Educate me, please . . . .

[Bryan]

These are from the "Московском заводе "Платинаприбор" (Platinapribor factory). Look at page 4 of the Order of the Red Star from Mondvor website.

Here is the serial number range :

min - 1792337, max - 1945503.

min - 2051119, max - 2290504.

Edited November 8, 2007 by Bryan

[Ed_Haynes]

These are from the "Московском заводе "Платинаприбор" (Planapribor factory). Look at page 4 of the Order of the Red Star from Mondvor website.

Here is the serial number range :

min - 1792337, max - 1945503.

min - 2051119, max - 2290504.

Shall do so, if my Russian (and online translator saviors) stand ANY chance . . . .

[Ferdinand]

Almost all Red Stars were produced in the Moscow Mint. Some early pieces were produced in the Krasnokamsk Mint and a later batch was produced in the 'Platinapribor' Factory in Moscow (Moskovsky Zavod Platinapribor - MZPP). The approximate serial number range for these MZPP Red Stars is 1,790,000 to 1,945,000 and 2,050,000 to 2,290,000, about 395,000 pieces in total.

Here's one of mine:

Edited November 8, 2007 by Ferdinand

[Bryan]

Almost all Red Stars were produced in the Moscow Mint. Some early pieces were produced in the Krasnokamsk Mint and a later batch was produced in the 'Platinapribor' Factory in Moscow (Moskovsky Zavod Platinapribor - MZPP). The approximate serial number range for these MZPP Red Stars is 1,790,000 to 2,290,000 and 2,050,000 to 2,290,000, about 395,000 pieces in total.

Here's one of mine:

Thanks Auke for being more precise than me!

Edited November 8, 2007 by Bryan

[Ed_Haynes]

Does Guzov's 1923384 count? See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10742

[Ferdinand]

Yes, that's a MZPP-piece!

[Ed_Haynes]

Yes, that's a MZPP-piece!

Thanks, I knew it looked BIZARRE!!

[Christian Zulus]

Dear Bryan,

I found one in my collection, which is rather similar to your one:

s/n. 1.879.911

Sorry ...., I have only a flat-bed scanner of cheap quality, which can not scope with the screwpost .

Best regards

Christian

[Guest Rick Research]

OK, so the EARLIER number range are the "thin arms" style, while the later range are the "fat cookie" type?

I always considered this an odd, left over screwpost base one, without the screwpost ring---

From the documented group to Polar Fleet naval aviation Major Verbitsky.

His 2nd Red Star is a 1953 long service award, but his "MZPP" one was awarded in August 1945.

[Bill Garvy]

Here is my example, and one of the first I obtained, #2246504. . .

2246504 obverse:

2246504 reverse: