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SINKIANG: Second East Turkistan Republic, enameled AR medal, 1947, XF

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SINKIANG: Second East Turkistan Republic, enameled AR medal, 1947, XF
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SINKIANG: Second East Turkistan Republic, enameled AR medal, 1947, 39mm, Award for Bravery, 2nd class, with original loop and green ribbon with thread-sewn red line, silver bands, and pinback, yellow star and crescent in blue field, bahadirlik üchün ("for courage") in Uyghur script below, all within outer border with yellow rays // punched award number "1040" (4 over 3) and date, small dark spot on obverse, hairlines on reverse, some wear to the ribbon, lovely vibrant colors, XF, RRR. According to one source, all awards of this republic were made by Agzam Mirrakhimov, an ethnic Kyrgyz hereditary jeweler born in Ghulja in 1922. The meaning of the red line is not clear, though the same source reports the theory that it was reserved for medical personnel. Besides the present example, we are only aware of one other with the red line. See stanradar.com/news/full/20964-nagrady-vostochno-turkestanskoj-respubliki.html for more details. The Second East Turkistan Republic (1944-1949) was a Soviet-aligned separatist state based in Ghulja (Yining) in northern Xinjiang. It declared independence on November 12, 1944, after the outbreak of rebellion in the districts of Ili, Tarbagatay (Tacheng), and Altay. Though initially supported by the Soviet Union, the republic lost its sponsor in 1945 and entered into a coalition government with the Kuomintang government, which controlled the rest of Xinjiang. This uneasy coalition lasted a little over a year and collapsed in 1947. In 1949, following the defection of the KMT provincial government to the advancing Chinese Communist forces, the top leaders of the Republic travelled to Alma-Ata (Almaty), where they were instructed by Soviet officials to cooperate with the Chinese Communists on the integration of the three districts into the rest of Xinjiang. They then set off for Beijing for negotiations, but their plane crashed near Lake Baikal on August 27, killing all onboard. The remaining leadership in Ghulja soon agreed to the integration plans, and the three districts officially became the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Region in 1953.