Hero star and lenin order ...Help?

[Ken N]

Hello Gentlemen;
I am contemplating purchasing these two medals. They have a little red book in which both are entered and numbered. They were awarded at the same time.
I am fairly new to collecting soviet orders but still I have good feelings about these and can see no red flags. These are the only pictures I have. Can anybody give any critique? Negitive or positive, I'd like to hear any opinion.

Thanks,
Ken

[Eric Gaumann]

Unless the person you're buying these from has an ironclad return policy I'd say don't even consider buying as the Orders are *heavily* faked.

There's not too many real experts on Soviet ODMs on WAPF anymore although Mr. Schmitt drops in every once in a while.
I'd recommend gmic.co.uk as there are a few more well informed folks in their Soviet section. I recommend the soviet-awards.com forum even more highly as there are real experts and actual dealers there who are willing to give their opinions.
There's a great spot on the web for view highres images of Soviet ODMs: mondvor.narod.ru You will need a little knowledge of Russian at first but a translator page will help with that.

Good luck!

[Andy Harris]

Agree with EricFG. There are so many fake Soviet awards out there, that I don't even bother buying anything, unless it's from a dealer I know and trust (Atlantic Crossroads/Collectrussia.com is a good one!).

Be careful.

[iskander]

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[DougD]

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As stated, soviet-awards.com is the best bet for educated responses.