Soviet An unknown Soviet-Asiatic Medal

[Elmar Lang]

Hello,

during my cataloguing works, I've encountered a piece, about which I cannot find any info, although I think I've seen it already, somewhere...

Material: silver, with nielloed black details (in the Caucasian style?); diameter 5,5 cm.

Attached, the pictures of the obverse and reverse.

If it's a very well known decoration, please don't laugh too loud at me...

Thank you very much in advance,

Enzo

Obverse face:

Edited September 1, 2008 by Elmar Lang

[Elmar Lang]

Reverse face:

[Guest Rick Research]

Not a clue. Perhaps a patriotic watch fob/jeton?

[Riley1965]

This is one that I've never seen.

Doc

[Ed_Haynes]

Interesting. Rick's suggesting is tempting. What is the size?? Oh, 5.5 cm, reakllky really big

Edited September 1, 2008 by Ed_Haynes

[Lapa]

Enzo,

The symbolism is very much in the style of civil-war era Central-Asian production, and especially of Bukhara.

Marc

[Elmar Lang]

Hello,

thank you very much for the information and help.

Yes, the medal is large and I think it is neither a watch's chain pendant, nor a jetton. I can't read the lettering in the scroll under the Hammer and Sickle symbol, but yes, style and manufacture are those we see on ornaments made in Central Asia.

I've spent most of yesterday night searching through old catalogues and books, but no success (I am sure that the book/catalogue where I've seen that piece is the one I've lost or hired or... whatever.

Could it be Khoresm?

Best wishes,

Enzo

[Lapa]

Hello,

thank you very much for the information and help.

Yes, the medal is large and I think it is neither a watch's chain pendant, nor a jetton. I can't read the lettering in the scroll under the Hammer and Sickle symbol, but yes, style and manufacture are those we see on ornaments made in Central Asia.

I've spent most of yesterday night searching through old catalogues and books, but no success (I am sure that the book/catalogue where I've seen that piece is the one I've lost or hired or... whatever.

Could it be Khoresm?

Best wishes,

Enzo

Enzo,

I did think about Khorezm, but I changed my mind about it as their symbolism is very different from what is shown here.

Marc

[RedMaestro]

Enzo,

The symbolism is very much in the style of civil-war era Central-Asian production, and especially of Bukhara.

Marc

I looked through some of the old Markov catalogs. Even though I could not find this specific medal, based on some of the others that I saw, I agree that this was probably from Bukhara.

-Alex