The most expensive orders of Russia and the USSR

It is customary among military personnel not to consider the financial value of the award, but to talk about it, what is called personal price. This is correct, because the matter is not how much the order or medal is in money equivalent, but the price that a person paid with his zeal, then with blood, to get the opportunity to wear this award on his uniform, is much more significant.

However, the question of the financial value of the awards is also quite curious, therefore, we will consider in this material those awards that are distinguished by their high value in monetary terms. Many military awards are the real works of jewelry art, which are decorated with precious stones and metals.

One of the most valuable orders in modern Russia is the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called. This is indeed, not only the most valuable order from a social point of view, but also a reward whose financial value is very high. The fact is that a diamond sign in the form of a double-headed eagle is attached to the order. It is attached to a silver necklace, which is worn on the neck of the person awarded. The market value of the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called, according to some data, is more than 5 million dollars.

Due to the fact that recently the number of sales of state awards has increased in Russia, many jewelry stores and such organizations as pawnshop decided to refuse to issue a loan on the security of military and state awards. This is due to the fact that often the rewards fall into the hands of fraudsters who are trying to sell them and get "real money".

The Order of Victory is considered the most valuable order of the Soviet era. This is the highest military order with a total weight of 78 grams. The composition of the order includes several precious metals. It is platinum, gold and silver. Moreover, the proportion of platinum in the order is the largest - 47 / 78. The Order is decorated with two types of precious stones: rubies and diamonds.

Marshal Zhukov in 1944 was the first holder of the Order "Victory". This is a very interesting fact, because before the victory over Nazi Germany there was still more than a year. It is noteworthy that they were awarded the “Victory” by the highest military commanders in 1944-1945. The only exception occurred many years after the end of the war. Leonid Brezhnev was awarded. However, in 1989, another General Secretary (M.S.Gorbachev) canceled the award for Leonid Ilyich with this order.

For all history The Victory Order also awarded 5 to foreign nationals, including the now-living former king of Romania, Mihai the First. Zhukov, Vasilevsky and Stalin were awarded the Order "Victory" twice.

Comments

[Oladushkin]

The Order of St. Andrew the First-Called can no longer be considered an order or even an award. No matter how much it costs. The authorities showed him the true price by rewarding them with the one who outdid even Judas in betrayal. Judah, realizing his sin, hanged himself from shame and grief, and Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was dismissed to the point that he dared to bring his flaccid face to the Victory Parade, which he himself sold. Judas did not know that having betrayed one, he forever cursed his name. Mikhail Sergeyevich, you betrayed 250 million people in one fell swoop. I wonder what you will do? Get another pseudo-warden now?

[Esaul]

Agent Gorby received a well-deserved award, before this award and universal recognition as a traitor to the Motherland. It is a pity that only the main gift - a tie - will not be presented to him or EBN.
And the very topic of the monetary equivalent of the cost of awards somehow smells unpleasant. For me, "For Courage" or "ZBZ" on the chest is a hundred times more expensive than diamond brooches with the status of the order.