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The issue of this mug was dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War. I think that this mug is on a par with mug #120, on the bottom of which is depicted the central element of the Order of the Red Banner and a mug of 50 years of USSR (#277).
The mug was produced in 1967, when the Order of the October Revolution was established. Perhaps this is the work of one artist. And an interesting pattern, I also think is not accidental. A 0.50 mug - to the 50th anniversary of the victory of the Great October Socialist Revolution. A mug with a volume of 0.25 - 25 years of victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Looking at this mug, the words of B. Okudzhava’s song are recalled: And that means we need one victory, one for all we won’t cost, one for all we won’t ... Written in the same year 1970 and first sounded in the movie "Belorussky Station". This song remains one of the most popular songs about the Great Patriotic War.
The Order of Victory is the highest military award of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The author of the project of the appearance of the order is artist A. Kuznetsov. This order is one of the most beautiful of the existing orders. The main element of the order is a ruby convex five-pointed star, between the ends of which diverge rays strewn with 174 small diamonds.
The middle of the order is made in the shape of a medallion, which shows the Kremlin wall with the Lenin Mausoleum in the form of a five-step pyramid and the Spasskaya tower in the center (with a bright red five-rayed star; to the left and right of it are visible the peaks of two more Kremlin towers, to the right part of the government building). The inscription “USSR” is placed above the image, and under it, on a red background made of enamel, the inscription “VICTORY”.
The medallion on the sides is bordered with a laurel - oak wreath made of gold and decorated with diamonds. The order itself is made of 47 grams of platinum. For its decoration went 2 grams of gold, 19 grams of silver, 5 carats of rubies and 16 carats of diamonds. The size of the star itself from one vertex to the other is 7.2 cm. The inner circle has a diameter of 3.1 cm. For convenient fastening of the order to the tunic, a pin with a nut having ears is provided.
Since precious metals (platinum and gold), diamonds and rubies were necessary for the manufacture of the order, the execution of the order for the production of the order’s signs was entrusted to the masters of the Moscow jewelry and watch factory, which was a unique case - “Victory” was the only one of all domestic orders that was not executed at the Mint.
It was supposed to make 30 copies of the order. According to experts, for each order 180 (including spoilage) diamonds, 50 roses and 300 grams of platinum were required. By order of the Council of People's Commissars, 5400 diamonds, 1,500 roses and 9 kilograms of pure platinum were issued to Glavyuvelirtorg. The first award took place on April 10, 1944.
The holder of Order No. 1 was the commander of the 1st Ukrainian Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov. Order No. 2 was received by the head of the General Staff, Marshal of the Soviet Union A.M. Vasilevsky. The Order of Victory No. 3 was awarded to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Marshal of the Soviet Union I.V. Stalin.