Order of the Red Star

Obverse

a relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation, above it along the rim the inscription in a semicircle ‘РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ’ (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed with paired diamonds on both sides, under the coat of arms are the chemical symbol and fineness of the metal on the left and fine metal content and the mint mark on the right, at the bottom centre in three lines are the inscription ‘БАНК РОССИИ’ (BANK OF RUSSIA), the coin denomination ‘3 РУБЛЯ’ (3 RUBLES), and the year of issue ‘2024 г.’ (2024).

Reverse

a partially coloured relief image of the Order of the Red Star against the background of images of the Great Patriotic War, laser treated for matte finishing, and the relief inscription ‘ОРДЕН "КРАСНАЯ ЗВЕЗДА"’ (ORDER OF THE RED STAR) around the lower circumference.

Authors

Designers: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.A. Dolgopolova (reverse).
Sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), A.V. Gnidin (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
Edge: 300 corrugations.

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The Order of the Red Star was established on 6 April 1930 as an award for outstanding achievements in defending the USSR in both war and peace and for actions in ensuring national security. The Order of the Red Star was awarded for courage and valour demonstrated when performing the military or service duty, for accomplishments in developing military science and technologies, in training personnel for the Soviet Armed Forces, etc.

The authors of the approved version of the Order of the Red Star were artist Vasily Kupriyanov and sculptor Vladimir Golenetsky. The Order represents a five-pointed star covered with red enamel. In the middle of the Order, there is a shield with an image of a Red Army soldier wearing an overcoat and a budenovka hat and holding a rifle. The inscription ‘Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!’ (Workers of the world, unite!) surrounds the shield, and the inscription ‘СССР’ (USSR) is at the bottom. Under the shield, there is an image of a hammer and a sickle. The Order was made of silver.

The first recipient of the Order of the Red Star was Soviet Marshal Vasily Blyukher. He was awarded on 13 May 1930 for preventing the Chinese provocation at the Chinese Eastern Railway in 1929.

During the eleven years before the war, this Order was awarded 22,000 times and during the four years of the Great Patriotic War – almost 3,000,000 times. Between 1930 and 1991, the Order was awarded around 3,870,000 times in total. The same person could be awarded more than once. The cases when a person was awarded two, three, four, five and six Orders were quite common.

Source: https://encyclopedia.mil.ru