Opinion on Order of the Red Star: 743

[medalman90]

Hello Auke, how can you tell if a Red Star has been tampered with?

[Dom]

I wouldn't call it 100% fake, it's just not what it purports to be. It seems to be a late-war, Moscow Mint Red Star, with bastardized reverse.

Yes the medallion is original , however this order is a fake anyway

You understand my thought

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Dom, is that '521' yours?!

Obkrieger ,
this Order is presented on the site Mondvor ; http://mondvor.narod.ru/ORStar.html

[Auke]

Hello Auke, how can you tell if a Red Star has been tampered with?

Study originals. Study the book Dom showed, study mondvor.narod.ru , study Odysseus © -- Soviet Screwback Orders , visit fairs and fellow collectors and handle as many Red Stars as possible, and you will be able to pick out the obvious fakes and bastardized pieces.