USSR- ORDER OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION
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Type 1, Variation 1,
No 2893, late-1970s.
popped rivet A rare and outstanding award.
(Russian: Орден Октябрьской Революции, Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii) was instituted on 31 October 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferred upon individuals or groups for services furthering communism or the state, or in enhancing the defenses of the Soviet Union, military and civil. It is the second-highest Soviet order, after the Order of Lenin.
Code: 54679
380.00 GBP