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Why is the Soviet " Medal of Victory " costing millions of dollars so expensive? Sasha Q&A Episode 144
Because this medal is really awesome.
Victory Medal is the highest-level medal of the Soviet Union in the World War II . There were only 19 medals issued in total, and 16 people have received such medals. Why is
issued so few? Because the Medal of Victory is extremely high, it must be the military commander who "successfully completes one or several front-level battles and causes fundamental changes in the overall situation of the war to be beneficial to the Soviet Red Army."
In other words, even the highest-level general of the Soviet Union, only a very small number of people are qualified to receive the medal.
In fact, the general who received the medal is also a general at the lowest rank, or he is a national leader. The number of medals issued by
is so small that even if it is a piece of junk iron, it will be quite valuable.
Exaggeratedly, the Medal of Victory is also extremely well-made, and a large amount of precious materials are used.
Stalin attached great importance to the Medal of Victory, allowing the famous Soviet painter and sculptor Kuznetsov to undertake the design task.
This is a major political task. Kuznetsov spent several months to come up with 9 sets of design plans.
In the end, the 7th set of plans was selected by Stalin and became the later Medal of Victory.
Interestingly, Stalin was still taking the time to design and modify the medal himself.
Medal is designed as a radiant five-pointed star with white edges and red base. In the middle is the pattern of Kremlin surrounded by oak leaves, as well as the abbreviation (cccp) of "Soviet" in Russian and the words "victory". In both German and Russian cultures, oak leaves symbolize courage.
In addition to world-class design, the medal also uses a lot of extremely expensive materials. The materials for this medal
are amazing. First of all, the main body is made of platinum, which costs as much as 47 grams of platinum.
In addition, the medal has up to 150 small diamonds, weighing 16 carats.
In addition, there are 5 high-end Russian rubies weighing up to 5 carats. The price of
materials is amazing, and the production level is even more amazing.
The Soviet medals were originally minted by the National Mint, but the Medal of Victory was manufactured by the jewelry factory in Moscow.
This is because the medal processing technology is too meticulous, it is simply a piece of jewelry, which is difficult for the mint to handle.
In addition to the framework, the Medal of Victory is completely handmade by skilled craftsmen.
adds up, and the price of this medal today is much more than one million US dollars.
Interestingly, among which Stalin, Zhukov and Vasilevsky had obtained 2.
That is to say, only 11 Soviets have won the Medal of Victory.
The other 5 are awarded to foreigners, and they are all highly powerful generals or leaders: American five-star general Eisenhower, British Marshal Montgomery , Yugoslav People's Liberation Army Supreme Commander Tito , Polish Army Commander Zimersky and Romanian King Mihai I .
These five people all helped the Soviet Union during World War II.
These medals are priceless and were estimated to be worth millions of dollars during World War II. In that year, a German Tiger heavy tank was only worth $100,000.
Only Romania's king Mihai I sold his medal.
This unlucky king went into exile in 1947 to Switzerland .
Because he did not take away any wealth, he became poor a few years later and was forced to sell the medal. The medal of
was acquired by the US Rockefeller Consortium for a high price of 3.8 million US dollars. If
could have sold more than 3 million US dollars that year, it would probably have sold tens of millions of US dollars today.
More importantly, you have money but nowhere to buy it. The descendants of the general regard it as a family heirloom and refuse to sell it.
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