Precious Metal Content of Soviet Decorations

[JensF.]

I've found this list some months ago in the web, but now the page isn't existent anymore.:


Decoration Class Silver Content Gold Content Platinum Content (In Grams)

Gold Star Medal Of Hero Of The Soviet Union - 12,186 ± 0,927 20,521 ± 0,903 0,000 ± 0

Medal Of Hero Of Socialist Labour - 12,030 ± 0,927 14,583 ± 0,903 0,000 ± 0

Order Of The Red Banner Of U.S.S.R. - 22,719 ± 1,389 0,062 ± 0,0101 0,000 ± 0

Order Of Lenin - 0,922 ± 0,034 28,604 ± 1,1106 2,750 ± 0,30

Order Of The October Revolution - 27,490 ± 1,477 0,217 ± 0,07 0,019 (Palladium) ± 0,002

Order Of The Red Banner Of Labour - 33,218 ± 0,385 0,052 ± 0,0086 0,000 ± 0

Order Of People's Friendship - 38,998 ± 1,388 0,051 ± 0,0085 0,000 ± 0

Order Of The Badge Of Honour - 29,767 ± 1,388 0,036 ± 0,006 0,000 ± 0

Order Of The Glory Of Labour 1 33.246 ±1.389 0.0675 ±0.0112 0 ± 0

Order Of The Glory Of Labour 2 33.246 ±1.389 0.0394 ±0.0066 0 ± 0

Order Of The Glory Of Labour 3 33.246 ±1.389 0.0284 ±0.0047 0 ± 0

Order Of Suvorov 1 1.966 ±0.181 9,5 ±0.352 28,9 ±0.95

Order Of Suvorov 2 4.992 ±0.335 23.085 ±1.045 0 ±0

Order Of Suvorov 3 23.32 ±1.341 0 ±0 0 ±0

Order Of Ushakov 1 13.022 ±0.559 8,55 ±0.352 25.00 ±0.88

Order Of Ushakov 2 14.464 ±0.663 25.365 ±0.807 0 ±0

Order Of Nakhimov 1 22.918 ±0.835 29.45 ±1.094 0 ±0

Order Of Nakhimov 2 39.739 ±1.387 0 ±0 0 ±0

Order Of Kutuzov 1 18.952 ±0.734 19.976 ±0.76 0 ±0

Order Of Kutuzov 2 36.161 ±1.391 0 ±0 0 ±0

Order Of Kutuzov 3 24.189 ±1.369 0 ±0 0 ±0

Order Of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 1 26.676 ±0.99 19.332 ±0.646 0 ±0

Order Of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2 35.385 ±1.265 6.507 ±0.209 0 ±0

Order Of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 3 29.554 ±1.369 0 ±0 0 ±0

Order Of Alexander Nevsky - 37.056 ±1.387 0.043 ±0.0075 0 ±0

Order Of The Patriotic War, 1942 Issue 1 16.754 ±0.977 8.329 ±0.3791 0 ±0

Order Of The Patriotic War, 1942 Issue 2 24.85 ±1.352 0.325 ±0.0184 0 ±0

Order Of Service To The Motherland In The Armed Forces Of The U.S.S.R. 1 55.64 ±2.498 0.1911 ±0.032 0 ±0

Order Of Service To The Motherland In The Armed Forces Of The U.S.S.R. 2 55.64 ±2.498 0.0591 ±0.01 0 ±0

Order Of Service To The Motherland In The Armed Forces Of The U.S.S.R. 3 55.64 ±2.498 0 ±0 0 ±0

Order Of Glory 1 0.983 ±0.049 2.861.921 ±1.4251 0 ±0

Order Of Glory 2 20.302 ±1.222 0.031 ±0.005 0 ±0

Order Of Glory 3 20.549 ±1.388 0 ±0 0 ±0

Order Of The Red Star - 27.162 ±1.389 0 ±0 0 ±0

Medal For Gallantry - 25.802 ±1.305 0 ±0 0 ±0

Order Of Mother Heroine - 11.525 ±0.974 4,5 ±0.4402 0 ±0

Order Of The Glory Of Motherhood 1 19.788 ±1.388 0.082 ±0.0136 0 ±0

Order Of The Glory Of Motherhood 2 19.788 ±1.388 0.0078 ±0.0013 0 ±0

Order Of The Glory Of Motherhood 3 19.699 ±1.388 0 ±0 0 ±0

[JensF.]

I have this as an Excel 2000 sheet too. May be something for a download-page here?!?

[charlet]

If i remind of my debuts on the web it was an american contribution. Thanks for displaying it. Now let's compare these datas with Kutsenko's ones...
Do you know precisely the sources?

[JensF.]

No, I have only this URL:

http://members.aol.com/sovietuk/index.htm

But there isn't any content.

Do you have this Kutsenko list too? Can you post it?

[charlet]

well, I have it on photocopies; I must rewrite the datas. Not Hercules' works, but it'll take me a bit of time.

[charlet]

Kutsenko doesn't list anything about HSU and HSL.
Here are some first infos from his book:

all in (metric) grams

name total weight silver gold
red banner 25.134+/-1.8 22.489+/-1.37 0.062+/-0.01

and 0.23+/-0.019 for the ring (alexei: "soedinitelnoe sveno"?)

red banner of labour

36.5+/-1.75 31.841+/-0.203 0.0517+/-0.0086

and 0.230+/-0.015 for the ring

Lenin 33.62+/-1.75 0.753+/-0.029 28.6+/-1.11
lenin depiction: 2.75+/-0.30 platinnium Pl99.8 and 99.93
ring: 0.004+/-0.0006 gold and 0.169+/-0.015 silver Ag

red star 30.4+/-2.0
22.731+/-1.203 (star)
and 3.043+/-0.130 (krasnoarmeiets depiction)
and screw 1.388+/-0.056

badge of honnour 32.85+/-1.75 29.537+/-1.369 0.0361+/-0.006
and ring 0.230+/-0.019

OGPW 1cl 32.34+/-1.65
star and enamels 14.412+/-0.879 Ag
rays 8.004+/-0.361 Au and 1.098+/-0.05 Ag
serp i molot 0.300+/-0.018 and 0.042+/-0.002
gold plating 0.025+/-0.0001
screw 1.203+/-0.046 Ag

and 2cl 28.05+/-1.5 23.606+/-1.3 (star,rays and enamels)
serp i molot 0.300+/-0.018 Au and 0.041+/-0.002 Ag
gold-plating 0.025+/-0.0004 Au
screw 1.203+/-0.046 Ag

Souvorov 1st total 41.8+/-1.8
order 28.9+/-0.95 platin (Pl99.8)
disc 6.935+/-0.23 Au and 0.183+/-0.006 Ag
Souvorov depiction 2.565+/-0.114 Au and 0.068+/-0.003 Ag
little star (zviezdotchka!!) 0.244+/-0.003 Ag
screw 1.221+/-0.092 Ag

Souvorv 2cl 29.2 +/-1.5
order 23.085+/-1.04 Au and 0.577+/-0.028 Ag
disc and depiction 3.053+/-0.185 Ag
screw 1.212+/-0.092

souvorov 3cl 25.3+/-1.5
order 22.108+/-1.24
screw 1.212+/-0.092

Koutouzov 1cl 42.0+/-1.8
order 18.193+/-0.646 Au and 0.479+/-0.017 Ag
koutouzov depiction 1.757+/-0.11 Au and 0.046+/-0.03 Ag
rays 16.965+/-0.592 Ag
gold palting 0.026+/-0.004 Au
screw 1.212+/-0.092 Ag

Koutouzov 2cl 37.3+/-1.7
order 16.835+/-0.601 Ag
koutouzov depiction 1.064+/-0.111 Ag
rays 14.8+/-0.537 Ag
screw 1.212+/-0.092 Ag

Koutouzov 3cl 26.2+/-1.5
order 22.977+/-1.277
screw 1.212+/-0.092 Ag

Nevski 40.8+/-1.7
order 33.3+/-1.11 Ag
nevski depiction 2.544+/-0.185 Ag
gold plating 0.43+/-0.0075 Au
screw 1.212+/-0.092 Ag

[charlet]

you'll recognize the international elements symbols (if didn't make mistakes). Kutsenko doesn't show the variations, I logically suppose datas are for late variations. The suite later!

[JensF.]

Hello charlet,

many thanks for this information. Maybe you can scan the photocopies and mail them?

Best regards