Poland Poland Cross of Grunwald Order 3. Cl ... Order Krzyża Grunwaldu

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The Grunwald cross of the 3rd class was originally made in the USSR at the Krasnokamsk Mint. In two types - "bent fours" and "straight fours" - the more common type. Krasnokamsk Mint-KMD recaptured the 19691 cross of the third degree in 1945.

According to Stefan Oberleitner (Polskie Ordery i odznaczenia tom II), crosses of the third degree were issued

1943-50 - 4219 crosses
1951-60 - 139 crosses
1961-70 - 337 crosses
1971-80 - 417 crosses
1981-87-29 crosses

Total: 5,141 crosses of the third degree for the period 1943-1987.

We get 14,550 non-issued crosses produced by KMD.

This stock will not significantly decrease, if you believe the data of Wojciech Stela, who writes that during the period 1944-1991. 5389 crosses of the third degree were issued.

 

This topic shows the Crosses of Grunwald of Polish production, stamped it is not clear for what purposes by the Poles, since the USSR stamped more than it was awarded

Both the first type and the second type are forged. Here, for example, is a fake of the first, rare type of "oblique fours" - the original on the right. Pay attention to the unit in 1944 - it is larger than the nine. Well, the 1410 unit is longer. There are other differences. As a rule, copies that are trying to pass off as originals have an ear broken off. And, yes, the shield on the reverse is identical to the shield on the reverse of the Class 2 Grunwald.

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It is even easier to determine the real type of "straight fours" - the narrow frame of the shield on the reverse, the date 1410 is not close to the contour of the shield (in the picture I showed it with red arrows) and, most importantly, in the upper bend of the letter" G " - it is chipped, there is no piece, the corner is taken out. All the others - the "thick frame" - are late products, they are called crosses of 1985, but there is no evidence of their manufacture on the Warsaw Mennitsa, as well as clear evidence of their delivery. The rewards are not exorbitant and the probability that a fake cross was placed under the original document is high.