order_of_victory Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Heres a group currently for Sale on Collect Russia's sit for a cool 34,000 usd The Group includes:Decorations: Order of the Red Banner, Type 2 Var. 2, #71643, April 1943 issue; Order of the Red Banner, 2nd award , Type 2 Var. 2, #4620, September 1943 issue; Order of the Red Banner , Type 3, Var. 2, #222119, May 1945; Order of the Red Banner, 4th award, #1684, April 1954; Order of the Red Banner, 5th award, #225, September 1956; Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 3rd cl., Type 1 (with separate center medallion), #1092, December 1943; Order of Alexander Nevsky , Type 3, "deep dish" variation, #11058 (note the extremely low number, near the extreme bottom of the range for this type), September 1944; Order of the Red Star , #2881384, June 1949; Order of the Red Star , #3329279, June 1955; Medal for Valor , Type 1 Var. 1 converted to 5-sided suspension, #12930, May 1940 issue; Medal for Combat Service , Type 2, Var. 2, #1813159, November 1944. Heres a pic enjoy......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 WOW !!! I need to talk to my bank about a loan. I love this group !!! Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
order_of_victory Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 Doc,I must admit Im not realy into groups but even I have fallen for this Order of Victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 nice , a dream... to expensive for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyFCO Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 I've got to say that's one of the nicest groups I've seen in a long time! Even in my jadedness, I've got to say that that would probably be a "dream" group for me as well... Now if the guy was just an HSU, how perfect would that be??? Even back when things were "cheap" most of us couldn't afford this one anyway. I don't know, but I think about three years ago, this was probably still a $10,000 group.Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyFCO Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 The photos on Igor's site are awesome (I wish I knew how he did them!) The photo of the book is to-die-for...What I'm SHOCKED about is that he never became an HSU. I've owned HSU groups to bomber pilots with less sorties and achivements than he. He must have been very unliked by his chain of command!Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
order_of_victory Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 It is a realy nice set, I couldnt belive it when I saw it. He obviously did not lick enough boots to get his HSU I have seen quite a few full books but never one quite like that. Order of Victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 The research would be awesome to behold!For what it is, I'm not sure the price is unreasonable. For this, I think you look into selling family members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyFCO Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 For what it is, I'm not sure the price is unreasonable. For this, I think you look into selling family members.I think the price is fairly close to right on. Doing a survey of various dealer's websites, I came up with these rough numbers:BK3 - $4000Nevsky - $1600Red Banner (screwback) - $600Red Banner (hanging) - $125Red Banner 2 screwback - $2600Red Banner 4 - $4000Red Banner 5 - $14000Other medals - around $200 for the lotSo, in parts, we'd be looking at around $27,125 (and I think I might be low on a couple of the awards) Throw in $225 a pop on McDaniel COAs (11 of 'em) you've got an extra (whopping!) $2475 on top of that - taking it up to about $30,000 in just parts alone! For a group like this with $30K in parts, I don't think a $4K "group premium" is that bad. Heck, with all that considered, the group is a downright good deal! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 It's been up there and drooled over by me for over a week now.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
order_of_victory Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 Thanks Dave,For the price break down Order of Victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWE Erik Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Isn't the bravery medal entry in the booklet missing a "0"?A stunning group I have to agree, but without campaign medals I'm not interested. /Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyFCO Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Isn't the bravery medal entry in the booklet missing a "0"?Good catch!I never saw that. Quite unusual, but the book appears to be 100% righteous... I guess it was an administrative error that no one ever caught!Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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