Order of the Red Stars opinions

[eindecker2]

Hello All -
I have these two orders of the red star - one is of the 1,110,000 range and the other is in the 680,000 ragne. To me (inexperienced as I am) they look good. But recently when I put them side by side, I noticed the font on the makers mark is different! I think they are from the same maker so I think this shoudl not happen...but then... so in your opinion are they both bad or is only one bad or are they both good??
Regards

[eindecker2]

and the fronts the 680,000 numbered star is on the left

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi, have you looked here?

http://www.soviet-awards.com/orders7.htm#order14

Cheers, Ade.

[Alfred]

Hello Eindecker2,

don´t worry about the different makers mark. Your two red stars are good. I never saw a faked Red Star (except with MONDWOR mark or three rivet typ). Sometimes they changed the serial numbers to fit to documents.
Due to the mass production of this order, there are a lot of different mint mark styles. On this homepage http://www.soviet-screwbacks.com/
you found an overview about the different styles (more than 20).

regards
Andreas

[HuliganRS]

Both Red Stars are just as they should be!

Since the order was produced since 1936 and into the late 80's there are differences in sizes, appearance and construction.

Rusty.

[eindecker2]

OK - thanks for the update.