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Unknown Medal | Russian "Dreyfus Affair" Commemorative

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 Posted 03/13/2009  05:17 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add xshift to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
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.

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Unknown-Medal-|-Russian-

The writing looks familiar but I can't place it.. thanks for any help!
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05/30/2009 12:16 am
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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.
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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.
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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).
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that is very cool
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Thanks, guys It is pretty cool looking...
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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) ...

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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!
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