Dr Ali Kolahdooz

On 12/03/2012 at 15:02, James Hoard said:

 

 

There are several photographs taken at the same time at slightly different angles.

 

I just also found this website article, but it is in Farsi. Nevertheless, if you scroll down to the bottom there is a colour scan of a part of a painting in the Golestan Palace of either Queen Elena of Italy or Queen Marie-Henriette of Belgium wearing the same circular star.

 

http://qajar.wordpress.com/tag/%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%88-%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86/

 

You can use Google translate or Bing translate to translate the text, but neither are very good so there can be confusion about what the text actually says.

 

Cheers,

James

Hi James,

This is the translation of the notes under the pictures:

From right:

Nishan e Aghdas was given to Victor Emmanuel III ,the King of Italy.

Nishan e Aftan given to Jelena Petrović,Queen of Italy 

Sash Badge of Aftab

All given by Muzzafar Aldin Shah

The original Painting displayed at Golestan palace,Tehran.

On 22/04/2019 at 14:47, nickstrenk said:

Persia or Iran?Please,translate the inscription in this badge.Thank you very much.

On 14/12/2012 at 03:36, Markus said:

Here is a collage I put together of the many Lion and Sun medallions by different makers showing the extreme variation and artistic beauty of this order.

Amazing job marcus

The So called Medal in fact is a coin. Belongs to Muzzafar Aldin Shah(qajar dynasty). The value is 5000 dinars. Made of sliver and the year is 1320 Hijri (lunar). It wasn't really a medal. It possibly was a gift from an official or royal member to another person. In Iranian/Persian culture gifting money has  been a tradition for many centuries. Some people then  liked the idea of changing the coin to a medal like many other available examples.

The Solar calendar was introduced by Pahlavi Dynasty. 

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/pasargad_coins/122/product/iran_qajar_muzaffar_aldin_shah_large_silver_5000_dinar_struck_1902_at_st_petersburg_mint_of_russia_ef/784824/Default.aspx

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/spink/catalogue-id-srspi10157/lot-82b5e147-7873-4056-b023-a83300ca2a7c

https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3835&lot=937