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the Patriotic War 2nd Class 1985 issue |  |
 Orders
of the Great Patriotic War were instituted on 20 May 1942 and
until 16 June 1943 were on a suspension (type 1). Type two existed
from 1943 until 11 March 1985 when on the ocassion of the 40th
anniversary of the victory in the Great patriotic war Type 3
was issued. Type 1-2 were produced in three mints (Krasnokamskij
-KMD, Moscow - MMD and Leningrad - LMD) and the Moscow factory
Platinopribor - MZPP) in many variations and sub-variations.
Type 3 was made in the Moscow and Leningrad mints but also a
number of other palces, including the Leningrad factory "Russkie
somocvety", the Moscow, Bornnickij, Sverdlovsk, Riga and
Tallin Jewelry Factories, the Mster Factory "Jeweler"
and the Kaliningrad Amber factory. Each had its number serie
which cotinuned after the last of type 2. The first type 3 was
no. 9857101 and the last 6715100 (according to Durov). Mondvor.ru
considers the range to be from 1058355 to 6714564.
Type 3 is very common (so-called "Brezhnev" issue)
and was awarded to millions on the ocassion of the 40th anniversary
of the end of WWII. A classical example how the Soviet Union
was no longer the superpower - the order is stamped from one
piece and the reverse side shows how it lost on intricacy through
mass production as compared to earlier types. This is variation
2 and is less common than variation 1 that had a depression
around the screw on reverse. Its stamped from one piece (silver),
without a document and weighs 27.5.
| A | Abundant,
readily available, often in wholesale quantities. | | C | Common,
always available. Occasionally in quantity. | | R1 | Usually
available without a long delay. Difficult to find in quantity. |
| R2 | Scarce
to rare, less seldom available. | | R3 | Rare.
Difficult to find. | | R4 | Very
rare. Demand outstrips supply, and specimens, when available are often eagerly
sought. | | R5 | Extremely
rare and seldom available. Collector may have to search for a few years to locate
one. | | R6 | Of
the highest rarity. Very difficult to obtain. | | R7 | Almost
never available. Most collectors will not have a chance to acquire these pieces. |
| R8 | Never
been on the market. Almost impossible to obtain. |
| R* | Not
available for collections. | |
