Order of the Light. Silver medal (Silver) Order of the Commander of the Army (also named Order of Sepah) (1924). 2nd type with portrait showing the head of Reza Sha Pahlawi turned to the right. Manufactured by Sporrong & Co. in Stockholm from 1947, 830/000 silver. Dated on reverse 1303 SH (1914/1925 AD). Maker's mark of Sporrong & Co., city mark of Stockholm, Swedish marks for 830 silver from 1912 and year mark "V8" for 1947, with vertical suspension loop, no band ring or ribbon. NGC AU58. Loop attached.

From the Kian collection, auction SINCONA 49, October 2018, lot 338.
Bought from Dr. A. Shams-Aram, Frankfurt, 1989.

According to Younessi (in YOU p. 221), the three-class (1st to 3rd class) Sepah Order for Military Merit with its accompanying medal in two classes (in gold and in silver) was "instituted" on 12 May 1924, probably by Rheza Khan Pahlawi, Prime Minister of Persia (1878-1944, in office from 1923 to 1925, reigning as Reza Shah Pahlawi from 1925 to 1941). The silver medal features two different types of portraits, the first type showing the head facing half-right and the second type showing the head facing far right. With the overthrow of the monarchy in the 1979 Iranian Revolution, this medal disappeared like all other imperial orders of chivalry, decorations and medals.

Finest certified by NGC.

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