paul wood Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 I am researching a Star of the Order of the 25th February 1948, IE the first class, I can't seem to find any appearing in Czech auctions/dealers lists, does anyone know roughly how many were issued and has anyone ever seen one come up for sale.All the best,Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front_242 Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 http://www.numismatika.info/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bilylev Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Hello Paul, the Order of February 25, 1948 has been awarded once in 1949 on the occasion of the first anniversary of the communist takeover , mostly to members of the police and high party officials. Only very rarely it was awarded later. The order was managed by the Interior Ministry. After the fall of the comunist regime in 1990, one local dealer managed to obtain unawarded specimens, blank diplomas and a list of awarded persons.I kept the list in my hands but I failed to buy it. To my surprise the list contained all details, ie. date, name, merits etc. but not the class of the order. So nobody knows how many stars of 1st class was awarded. The dealer was selling them for low prices. The first class at USD 100, -, what was more than the average monthly salary here, the bronze medal at USD 3,50 and a silver at USD 7, -. I have bought five stars and ten medals of each. However, the stars of the first class are rare, they are sold in auctions at USD 1 000,-. The bigest local dealer, Aurea Numismatika, is offering the star at USD 1 150,- , see http://www.numismatika.info/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=4503&category_id=36&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=81 Unfortunately I am not able to give you more details. Regards Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Jan, thank you so much. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickstrenk Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 On 29. 10. 2015 at 15:04, paul wood said: I am researching a Star of the Order of the 25th February 1948, IE the first class, I can't seem to find any appearing in Czech auctions/dealers lists, does anyone know roughly how many were issued and has anyone ever seen one come up for sale. All the best, Paul I do not know how many of them very issued,but more than 800 persons were awarded with the Star of the Order of the 25th February.Despite of big number of awards most of collectors have in collections unawarded pieces.Me,too.I have the certificate only to the 3rd grade.I hope you will not be angry,when I will attach the photo of the set of the Order.Is it a n interesting information for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Thank you so much, pleased at last to have the answer. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickstrenk Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 Some more pictures with the marks of silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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