Issued to Afghani Senior Officers

CNG 100, Lot: 1106. Estimate $400. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AFGHANISTAN, Barakzais. 'Abd al-Rahman. AH 1297-1319 / AD 1880-1901. AV Military Medal (28x36mm, 14.34 g, 12h). Capture of Hazarajat (Bamyan). Dated AH 1311 (AD 1893/4). Morton & Eden 67, lot 51; cf. Bruun Rasmussen 782, lot 5237 (example in silver). Fine, light scratches.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Purchased from Hakim Hamidi (Persic Gallery), November 1986.