Mystery Korean Medal.

***CtahhR*** · 06-04-2011, 03:34 AM

Now here's a really fascinating and strange Korean "medal". The reverse is very much like many a DPRK award but would you members like to take a guess at what this "medal" was commemorating? If I didn't have a picture of the front too I'd certainly had never guessed.

All I'll say is it is not a sport related event and it was so strange I just had to buy it (Still waiting for it to land).

Esteban_cool · 06-04-2011, 01:08 PM

Dunno, guess you´ll have to show the obverse... Children´s festival maybe?

***CtahhR*** · 06-04-2011, 02:08 PM

Not a Children's festival.... I'll let folks take more guesses at it and I'll post the obverse later this week or maybe at the weekend if no-one gets close. It's one of those quirky things that makes you just think WHAT?

Pobeda45 · 06-06-2011, 12:32 PM

Stopped hijacking of an Aeroflot flight??

Aeroflot Flight 6833 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

***CtahhR*** · 06-06-2011, 04:08 PM

Good guess but I don't think there were any Koreans on that flight... What this commemorates is a little bit "different" to stopping an incident, more of creating something.

***CtahhR*** · 06-07-2011, 11:39 AM

This Medal landed here today and I was quite surprised by the dimensions. 60mm wide and 70mm tall... No more guesses?

Esteban_cool · 06-07-2011, 04:42 PM

Commemoration of the first Korean Gay Pride parade?

medals73 · 06-07-2011, 04:48 PM

Something to do with the Olympic Games, held in the occupied southern portions of Korea?

Nope, those were 1988.

And in 1986 the Asian games were in occupied Seoul. (1982 in New Delhi.)

The sad sound of multiple strikeouts echoes, but It "feels" international sports-related.

***CtahhR*** · 06-07-2011, 05:01 PM

Not sports..... The pink in the ribbon is a little strange...... but not a give away I believe.

medals73 · 06-07-2011, 05:12 PM

It is just that, to me, sports medals have the most unlikely color combinations of any ribbons.

Such as this, Service Medal for IV Asian Games, Djakarta, 1962.

Kind of relevant to the forum as it was picked up in Kabul and is believed to have been awarded to Sardar Mohd Faruq Siraj, the president of the Afghan organising committee for those games.

06-04-2011, 01:08 PM	#2
Esteban_cool Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santiago, Chile Age: 37 Posts: 1,103	Re: Mystery Korean Medal. Dunno, guess you´ll have to show the obverse... Children´s festival maybe? __________________ There's nothing in the streets Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Are now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again

06-04-2011, 02:08 PM	#3
*CtahhR* Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep In The Archives. Age: 17 Posts: 12,074	Re: Mystery Korean Medal. Not a Children's festival.... I'll let folks take more guesses at it and I'll post the obverse later this week or maybe at the weekend if no-one gets close. It's one of those quirky things that makes you just think WHAT?

06-06-2011, 12:32 PM	#4
Pobeda45 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 605	Re: Mystery Korean Medal. Stopped hijacking of an Aeroflot flight?? Aeroflot Flight 6833 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

06-06-2011, 04:08 PM	#5
*CtahhR* Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep In The Archives. Age: 17 Posts: 12,074	Re: Mystery Korean Medal. Good guess but I don't think there were any Koreans on that flight... What this commemorates is a little bit "different" to stopping an incident, more of creating something.

06-07-2011, 11:39 AM	#6
*CtahhR* Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep In The Archives. Age: 17 Posts: 12,074	Re: Mystery Korean Medal. This Medal landed here today and I was quite surprised by the dimensions. 60mm wide and 70mm tall... No more guesses?

06-07-2011, 04:42 PM	#7
Esteban_cool Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santiago, Chile Age: 37 Posts: 1,103	Re: Mystery Korean Medal. Commemoration of the first Korean Gay Pride parade? __________________ There's nothing in the streets Looks any different to me And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye And the parting on the left Are now parting on the right And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again Last edited by Esteban_cool; 06-08-2011 at 06:37 PM.

06-07-2011, 04:48 PM	#8
medals73 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Earth, most of the time Posts: 2,016	Re: Mystery Korean Medal. Something to do with the Olympic Games, held in the occupied southern portions of Korea? Nope, those were 1988. And in 1986 the Asian games were in occupied Seoul. (1982 in New Delhi.) The sad sound of multiple strikeouts echoes, but It "feels" international sports-related. Last edited by medals73; 06-07-2011 at 04:51 PM.

06-07-2011, 05:01 PM	#9
*CtahhR* Forum Administrator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Deep In The Archives. Age: 17 Posts: 12,074	Re: Mystery Korean Medal. Not sports..... The pink in the ribbon is a little strange...... but not a give away I believe.

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