Created 31 October 1967, this attractive Order seems basically to have been used as a surrogate for the Order of Lenin from the 1970s on. Typical of Soviet "all purpose" awards, it could be awarded for everything from getting in crops to combat heroism.
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Unfortunately my scanner's "issues" with metallic surfaces does not do justice to the detailed center disk of the cruiser "Aurora," which fired the signal starting the 1917 Bolshevik revolution. The "Aurora" still exists as a museum ship, having survived the WW2 siege of Leningrad. -
Despite being an "all purpose": award, it ranks high in the order of Orders. It is one of my favorites. I have three both the four rivet and the five rivet versions.OMSA #6582
At my age, "getting lucky" is finding my car in the parking lot.Comment
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In 1974, the earlier 4 rivets reverse was changed to this 5 rivets type, because a single rivet for the hammer and sickle led to spinning of that emblem.
This particular Order, #94,269 was awarded to A. F. Gebultovsky on 22 December 1977. The "I" serial number Orders Booklet (1967 edition) indicated a political issue.
All Orders from the 1970s on seem to have been given out each with their own Orders Booklet, no longer adding additional awards to an existing booklet. There may have been exceptions, but this seems to have been the rule. I have never encountered an October Revolution that was NOT a lone award in its Orders Booklet.
Given the fact that this Order was ranked immediately after the Order of Lenin (and seems actually to have all but replaced Lenin awards), it is rather a "bargain" for its usual price. (Of course, the "value" of an Order of Lenin is NOT in its rarity but simply in the scrap BULLION value of the Lenin's platinum and gold!)Comment
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Here is my example. 5 rivets. Sorry, BIG scans!
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