£400 - £500
Bukharan People's Soviet Republic, silver uniface medal, c. 1920-1925, for the suppression of the Basmachi Revolt, with symbols of the State, a large star with crescent below, Arabic script within, fi ve small stars around and two rifl es with bayonets either side, 55mm, 17.12g. Very Fine, only a handful examples are known to have come to the market. Very rare and unpublished. A similar but enamelled variant sold in The New York Sale XIX (lot 2194).
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