Item number: M356

Year: AD 1899-1900

Material: Gold

Size: 42.0 x 36.0 mm

Weight: 14.62 g

Manufactured by: Kerman, Iran

Provenance: Stack’s Bowers 2024

This is a Medal for Bravery of the first class, issued during the Qajar Dynasty of Iran in the Islamic year AH 1317(corresponding to AD 1899–1900). The medal was awarded to military personnel in recognition of their distinguished achievements. The medal was produced in two classes: the first class, made of gold, and the second class, made of silver.

The medal is circular in shape, with a loop at the top designed to attach a green ribbon. The obverse features the Persian national emblem, which consists of a lion holding a scimitar with a rising sun in the background, flanked on both sides by decorative floral wreaths of flowers and leaves.

The reverse of the medal features a beaded circle serving as a border. Inside the inner circle, there are three lines of Persian inscriptions: “شاه قاجار مظفرالدین السلطان,” which correspond to the title and name of the ruling monarch at the time, “Shah of Qajar, Mozaffar al-Din Sultan.” On either side of the inscription, five-pointed stars act as decorative elements, and below these stars is a line of Persian numerals: “١٣١٧” (AH 1317), indicating that this medal was issued in Hijri 1317 (AD 1899–1900).

The outer ring contains a repeated inscription in Persian, separated by four-petalled floral motifs: “ضرب کرمان سنه هزار و سیصد و بیست و هفت” (Struck in Kerman in the year 1317 Hijri). This denotes the minting location and year, corresponding to Hijri 1317 (AD 1899–1900).

The Qajar Dynasty was the first in Iranian history to establish Western-style medals. The prototype of the Medal for Bravery can be traced back to AD 1808, during the reign of the dynasty’s second ruler, Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, who introduced the Order of the Lion and Sun. It was not until AD 1820 that the Medal for Bravery was formally recognised as a distinct honour. Even after the Qajar Dynasty was overthrown in AD 1925 by Reza Shah Pahlavi of the Pahlavi Dynasty, the Medal for Bravery was retained as a form of military commendation.

物件編號: M356

年代: 公元 1905-1912 年

材質: 黃金

尺寸: 42.0 x 36.0 mm

重量: 14.62 g

製造地: 克曼，伊朗

來源: SBP錢幣拍賣 2024

這是一枚回曆1317年 (公元1899至1900年)，伊朗卡扎爾王朝頒發的一等勇氣獎章，旨在獎勵建立功績的軍事人員。獎章總計有兩個等級，一等的材質為金，二等則是銀。

獎章外觀為圓形，頂端有一個用以銜接綠色綬帶的提把，正面是兩側以花朵和葉子花環為裝飾的波斯國徽，即拿著彎刀的雄獅及其背後升起的太陽。

獎章背面則有一道珠圈作為分界，內圈有三行波斯銘文「شاه قاجار مظفرالدین السلطان」，即是時任統治者的頭銜和姓名「卡扎爾沙阿 穆扎法爾丁蘇丹」。兩側以五芒星裝飾的分界線下方有一行波斯數字「١٣١٧」，代表這一枚獎章於回曆1317年 (公元1899至1900年)頒發。外環以四瓣花飾作為分界的銘文內容「ضرب کرمان سنه هزار و سیصد و بیست و هفت」皆相同，標示這枚獎章的鑄造地點和年份「回曆1327年鑄於克曼」。

卡扎爾王朝是伊朗歷史上第一個設立西式獎章的朝代。頒發給軍人的勇氣獎章雛型能上溯至公元1808年，王朝的第二位統治者法特赫-阿里沙阿設立的「獅子和太陽勳章」，直到公元1820年才正式確立勇氣獎章的地位。即便公元1925年，卡扎爾王朝遭到禮薩汗的巴勒維王朝取代，勇氣獎章仍舊被保留下來作為獎勵。