Unknown Medal | Russian "dreyfus Affair" Commemorative

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xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 03/13/2009 05:17 am Hi there.. This one has a ring on top but I can't tell if it's part of it or was put on later. The writing looks familiar but I can't place it.. thanks for any help! Edited by Sap 05/30/2009 12:16 am Report this Post to the Staff

snowman Pillar of the Community United States 1840 Posts	Posted 03/13/2009 06:17 am I bet the writing is cyrillic. The first side looks like Lenin to me and the second side may be Engels or a young Marx. Report this Post to the Staff
valutarick Valued Member Netherlands 376 Posts	Posted 05/27/2009 08:27 am First Pic is Lenin, second pic is Pjotr Illich Tsaikovsky, composer. medal for contestants of Piano concours, round and about second worldwar. Tsaikovsky the gay composer became national composer by order of Comrad joseph bros Stalin. Report this Post to the Staff
DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 05/27/2009 09:03 am No Lenin here. Rev. writing definitely says "French writer Zola" in Russian. Obv. writing also begins with the word "French", second word "ADVOKAT'", third word which would be the name "LASORI" (probably, this one's hard to read). Edited by DL20K 05/27/2009 09:10 am Report this Post to the Staff
johnthebaptist576 Valued Member United States 74 Posts	Posted 05/28/2009 12:19 am that is very cool Report this Post to the Staff
xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 05/28/2009 1:10 pm Thanks, guys It is pretty cool looking... Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 05/29/2009 1:45 pm Quote: Rev. writing definitely says "French writer Zola" in Russian. Obv. writing also begins with the word "French", second word "ADVOKAT'", third word which would be the name "LASORI" (probably, this one's hard to read). Aha, great! Then the medal refers to Alfred Dreyfus, or rather the Dreyfus Affair. Emile Zola defended him (famous "J'accuse" article), and Fernand Labori was a lawyer for Dreyfus (and Zola) ... Christian Report this Post to the Staff
xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 05/30/2009 12:22 am I just love "aha!" moments This is VERY interesting reading on the Dreyfus Affair: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreyfus_affair The only mention of a medal I can find so far is in footnote #1 here: http://books.google.com/books?id=oO...=1#PPA135,M1 It seems a large gold medal was made for him (which he refused to accept for a long time), with smaller ones made of silver and copper. However, they don't mention having both people on them - just Zola. So I'm not too sure where this one came from. But it's good to know the history behind it - thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
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