Item number: M46

Year: AD 1954

Material: Gold, Platinum and Enamel

Size: Order 45.0 x 38.0 / Ribbon 51.61 x 24.05 mm

Weight: 45.0 g

Manufactured by: Leningrad Mint

Provenance: Spink 2023

On April 6, AD 1930, on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of Lenin’s birth and just before Lenin’s birthday on April 25, the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union issued an order to establish the Order of Lenin (Орден Ленина) in his honor. Until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in AD 1996, a total of 431,418 Lenin Orders were awarded. The recipients included not only individuals within the Soviet Union but also citizens, enterprises, organizations, units, warships, cities, and administrative units with special achievements in the fields of revolution, socialist construction, defense of the homeland, development of friendship and cooperation, promotion of peace among nations, and other notable contributions.

During the Cold War era, as the U.S.-Soviet relation tensed, the Order of Lenin was often used as a diplomatic gesture, presented to foreign leaders within the socialist allies. There were no restrictions on the number of times the Order of Lenin could be awarded. Notably, individuals such as the Soviet Minister of Foreign Trade Nikolai Patolichev (AD 1908-1989) and Marshal Dmitri Ustinov (AD 1908-1984) each received the Order of Lenin eleven times, setting a record for the highest number of awards.

Before the outbreak of World War II, the Order of Lenin was awarded to 6,608 individuals. However, with the onset of the “Great Patriotic War” when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, the number of recipients increased significantly. Throughout the four-year duration of the war (AD 1941-1945), over 41,259 individuals and 207 military units were awarded the Order of Lenin. From June 4, AD 1944, to September 14, AD 1957, individuals who served in the military for more than twenty-five years were eligible for the award.

After World War II, in AD 1948, the Soviet government expanded eligibility to include civilians who had served for more than thirty years in specific fields. This broadening of eligibility contributed to the staggering total of 431,418 Orders of Lenin awarded before the last one was issued in AD 1996.

The ribbon of the Order of Lenin is in a pentagonal shape, and this design was adopted starting from AD 1943. The total width is 24mm, and the colors are arranged in the following sequence: yellow-red-yellow-red-yellow-red-yellow. The ribbon is worn as a chest ribbon on the left side of the chest, placed before any other decorations or medals.

This Lenin Order with serial number 273,551, awarded in AD 1954, belongs to the fifth version T5V1-A type manufactured by the Leningrad Mint. The most significant difference in the fifth version is the shift from a circular to an oval shape. The medal is produced by stamping and forging, with a height including the suspension ring of 45mm and a width of 38mm. On the obverse side, it retains the design from the sculptor Anton Vasyutinsky in AD 1934. In the center is a 25mm circular medallion with gold-red-gold edges, containing a platinum Lenin profile. The surrounding area is decorated with sheaves of wheat, a red star, the party emblem, and a red flag inscribed with Lenin (Ленин), representing various Communist symbols.

On the reverse side of the order, in the central medallion there are three lines of Russian text. The top line, arranged in a fan shape, reads ЛЕНИНГРАДСКИЙ (Leningrad). The two lines below it, in sequence, are МОНЕТНЫЙ (Mint) and ДВОР (Courtyard), indicating the manufacturing facility. At the 12 o’clock, 5 o’clock, and 7 o’clock positions, there is a rivet each. For the A-type medal, the serial number is placed below the 5 o’clock and 7 o’clock rivets, while for the B-type, the number is positioned above the rivets.

物件編號: M46

年代: 公元 1954 年

材質: 黃金, 鉑金和琺瑯

尺寸: 勳章 45.0 x 38.0 / 勳帶 51.61 x 24.05 mm

重量: 45.0 g

製造地: 列寧格勒造幣廠

來源: 斯賓克拍賣行 2023

公元1930年4月6日，在列寧誕辰七十周年紀念日-4月25日前夕，蘇聯中央執行委員會主席團頒布命令，決定以列寧之名設立列寧勳章(Орден Ленина)作為紀念。直至蘇聯解體後的1996年，列寧勳章總計被授予431,418枚，涵蓋的對象不僅是蘇聯境內，對於：革命、社會主義建設、保衛祖國、發展友誼和合作、促進各國和平及其他特殊功績的公民，乃至企業、團體、部隊、軍艦、城市等行政單位和組織，皆有獲贈勳章的資格。

在美蘇競賽的冷戰時代，該勳章也經常作為外交禮儀，贈與同為社會主義陣營的外國領袖。列寧勳章並未限制獲贈次數，最高紀錄為分別獲贈十一枚勳章的蘇聯外貿部長尼古拉·帕托利切夫(1908-1989)跟蘇聯元帥德米特里·烏斯季諾夫(1908-1984)。

在二戰爆發以前，列寧勳章的受贈人數為6,608人。公元1941年6月納粹德國入侵蘇聯，揭幕長達四年「偉大的衛國戰爭」的二戰期間，總計有超過41,259人次和207個軍事單位獲贈該勳章。公元1944年6月4日至1957年9月14日止，依據命令於軍隊服役超過二十五年的軍人即有獲贈勳章的資格。二戰結束後，公元1948年蘇聯政府更進一步公布，在特定領域服務超過三十年的平民亦有授勳的資格，使得列寧勳章在發放最後一枚的公元1996年以前，發行量達到驚人的431,418枚。

勳章的綬帶為五邊型，自公元1943年起採用。總寬度為24mm，顏色依序為黃-紅-黃-紅-黃-紅-黃。以胸綬形式配於左側胸前，須置於其他勳章之前。

該編號273,551的列寧勳章，於公元1954年頒發，由列寧格勒造幣廠打造的第五版T5V1-A型。第五版跟過去版型最大的不同，是從圓形改為橢圓形外觀。勳章由沖模機鍛軋，高度含吊環為45mm，寬度為38mm。勳章的正面，沿襲公元1934年蘇聯雕刻師安東·瓦斯尤金斯基設計的，中央為鑲金-紅-金邊25mm圓框，圓內有一鉑金材質的列寧側面胸像，外圍則由麥穗、紅星、黨徽和寫有列寧(Ленин)的紅旗等共產主義元素作為裝飾。

勳章的背面，於圓形中央有三行俄文，最上方是呈扇形排列的列寧格勒ЛЕНИНГРАДСКИЙ，下方兩行依次為МОНЕТНЫЙ和ДВОР為造幣廠的意思。在12、5、7點鐘方向，各有一枚鉚釘。A型的勳章編號置於5、7點鐘鉚釘下方，B型則是將編號置於鉚釘的上方。