Most Expensive Military Honor Ever!
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When in Moscow go to the Armoury. It's not about weapons at all but the collection of gold and jewels that remain from the Romanovs. Still a butt load.
It was Leonid Brezhnev who had his medal revoked.
“He also conferred upon himself the rare Order of Victory in 1978—the only time the decoration was ever awarded after World War II. (The medal was posthumously revoked in 1989 for not meeting the criteria for citation.)†– Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Victory