PDRA - Order of the Star

[Ed_Haynes]

Order of the Star

One of the more common and more interesting awards, a rough analogy to the Soviet Order of Glory.

Awarded for combat gallantry in three classes (gold, gold and silver, and all silver), and in the familiar two varieties ("book" 1985-87, and "no book", 1987-92).

The award presumably became obsolete with the collapse of the PDRA in 1992.

The second class of this first variety:

[Ed_Haynes]

All three classes of the second variety.

[Ed_Haynes]

A nice group of first and second class (1st variety) Orders of the Star with the Saur Revolution Anniversary Medal. (Not a great photo, taken on a friend's -- the recipient's -- floor in Jalalabad.)

Edited September 12, 2005 by Ed_Haynes

[Ed_Haynes]

And an obverse/reverse shot, the only number is that of the class on the reverse (this "2").