Soviet Cased order of Glory 2nd Class

[Bryan]

I do not have better pics from the seller, but could this be a real cased Order of Glory 2nd Class with that one. Seller is asking $2,899.

Not for me yet.

By the way, it look like a Yugoslavian award case.

Edited February 22, 2006 by Soviet

[Guest Darrell]

I do not have better pics from the seller, but could this be a real cased Order of Glory 2nd Class with that one. Seller is asking $2,899.

Not for me yet.

By the way, it look like a Yugoslavian award case.

Hope the case is real to add some $$$ to the set ... cause 2nd Classes are no where near that expensive

[Bryan]

And here a Red Banner cased order from the same seller. I'll ask for better scans for this one.

Numbered 27,886

[Chuck In Oregon]

I have never been offered a raised-border variant like that one. I doubt if I'd pay anything like that price, though. As for the case, whatever it is, I've never seen one of those, either. I don't think I would pay extra for it. What would it add to a collection?

Sure, very-low-number examples are desirable, even necessary to fill out type collections. However, this is not an item that would tempt me. I'd rather spend the money on a nice group. YMMV.

Chuck

[HuliganRS]

I don't think I like the Glory 2

[order_of_victory]

Well when you think Collect Russia has a Gory 1st for 5,600 USD and a Glory 2nd for 395 USD.

The price for the Cased 2nd Seems a bit steep to me!

[Stogieman]

Yes, but Igor also has a PM-certified Glory 3, Type 1 in a grouping with documents for 6700-USD. The cases do not however look at all like the usual boxes one sees for the Soviet orders though. They look like actual hard-shell cases which I think are unusual at best?

[HuliganRS]

You guys are missing the reason why it's priced so high.

This is the rare border reverse. Only the first run features the border.

I'd like to see better photos of both. Glory 2 is most likely a fake though.

Rusty.

[Stogieman]

Nope, not missing a thing ;>) That's why I referenced Igor's as a type 1. As a loose piece, even if right, I think that price is pretty steep. And if it's wrong.... well, anyway. I wouldn't base a buying decision on these photos of either of the two cased pieces. I'm afraid to even ask how much the ORB was.

[Bryan]

I've only ask additional pictures of the ORB. I'm still waiting. I'll post them here when (or if) I get them.

[Stogieman]

Has anybody seen a hard case for the ORB type 2 like this before?

[Bryan]

Oh well, I couldn't get better pictures than that. The seller is not specialized in Soviet awards.

Edited February 24, 2006 by Soviet

[Bryan]

I also asked pictures of the case, but I didn't got any.

Edited February 24, 2006 by Soviet

[NavyFCO]

I think the seller of these awards (the Russian, not the American) bought a bunch of very dubious awards. I can tell you that several of the groups are outright bad - put together with maybe original awards. They're also priced at 25% above US retail. And, the cases are just that... cases. They aren't the right cases for foreign awards, simply ones that were found and had the medals added.

Dave

[Riley1965]

I've yet to add a cased Soviet ODM to my collection. One day soooon I Hope!!

Doc

[NavyFCO]

I've yet to add a cased Soviet ODM to my collection. One day soooon I Hope!!

Doc

Don't sweat finding one. The only ones that I've seen that have nice cases thus far are ones to foreigners or some of the 1980s Friendship of Nations. Now, it's true that most Soviet awards were BOXED, but those boxes are pretty blah and were mostly discarded after the award presentation. So, unless you're going to find one of the cased awards to a foreigner or one of the FoN ones, don't hold your breath for getting one anytime soon. In 15 years of collecting Soviet awards, I've owned a total of two cased awards, and probably three with their original issue boxes.

Dave

[NavyFCO]

One other thing to add to my above post.... there are PLENTY of empty boxes floating around out there, and then there are dubious cases like these, so chances are that 90% of the ones you get offered will probably not have their original issue box or case anyway. The only way that I'm thoroughly comfortable with boxed awards are when they have original naming on the boxes to the award recipient, or, like the ones that Rusty owns, have the original award numbers stamped on them.

Dave

[Nack]

Isn't that Red Banner a bit small too--unless the guy has huge hands it looks to be the size of a 50-cent piece. Did they make them that small?

[Riley1965]

I just got my first ORB screwpost and was suprised at the small size of it.

Doc

[order_of_victory]

Soviet Screw Back Orders tend appear smaller than medals on suppension.

I am still geting over the shock of how Small my Hero Socilist Labour Hammer and Sickle Gold Sar is and I bought that a few years ago

[Nack]

Hmm, guess I never noticed before. The only screwbacks I have are Red Stars and OGPWs. Maybe someday I'l get a ORB and see for myself.

[HuliganRS]

Well, if you guys want some Russian screwbacks, I have placed 3 items for sale on eBay.

Order of Nevsky with PMD certificate for 9 out of 10

Red Banner of labor screwback

Badge of Honor screwback

Rusty.

[Dolf]

I also asked pictures of the case, but I didn't got any.

Bryan,

If you asked for pics of the boxes/cases (external views I guess) and you got none, I guess that answers it all

Never saw that kind of boxes for Soviet awards before! As another member mentioned before, they do look like Yugo boxes, unless as it was also mentioned above this type of cases are used for awards given to foreigners, but I never saw one of these either. Could someone please post pics of such cases?

Dolf

[Stogieman]

Hi Dolf... a search through the Soviet award forum will get you some examples of WW2 Russian Orders, awarded to US Military personnel... Look for threads/posts by NavyFCO. I believe a search by that user name will get you there too!

[Dolf]

Hi Dolf... a search through the Soviet award forum will get you some examples of WW2 Russian Orders, awarded to US Military personnel... Look for threads/posts by NavyFCO. I believe a search by that user name will get you there too!

Thanks Rick

Dolf