{"product_id":"1990s-mongolia-chinggis-khan-lapel-badge-founder-first-great-khan-of-the-mongol-empire-early-type-issue","title":"1990s Mongolia Chinggis Khan Portrait Badge – Founder \u0026 First Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, Early Type Issue","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item – Only One Available. A rare early Chinggis Khan portrait badge from post-socialist Mongolia, dating to the first decade after the democratic revolution of 1990. Its period is particularly important. Chinggis Khan had occupied an uneasy and often politically restricted place in the official culture of the Mongolian People’s Republic, but the collapse of the socialist system brought an immediate restoration of pre-revolutionary history and national symbolism. The 1990 celebrations of the 750th anniversary of The Secret History of the Mongols became one of the landmarks of that revival, and within only a few years Chinggis Khan’s portrait had entered the new national currency and become perhaps the strongest visual expression of the newly democratic Mongolia. Early badges such as this belong to that formative moment, before Chinggis imagery developed into the extraordinarily widespread national and commercial iconography familiar today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe badge is executed as a substantial circular brass portrait piece, with a finely modelled bust of Chinggis Khan dominating the face. His name appears in Latin letters as “CHINGGIS” along the left side and again in traditional vertical Mongolian script to the right, an especially appropriate combination for the cultural atmosphere of the 1990s, when Mongolia was simultaneously reconnecting with its traditional written heritage and presenting its national history to the wider world. The design is deliberately restrained, relying on the relief portrait and warm metal finish rather than colored enamel, while the plain reverse retains its original horizontal safety-pin attachment. Light toning and handling traces give the piece an attractive, honest period appearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe earliest post-1990 Chinggis Khan badges form a distinctive collecting category of their own. They document the extraordinary change in Mongolian visual culture as Soviet-derived political symbolism gave way to the Mongol Empire, traditional script, the state banners, and Chinggis Khan himself as expressions of national identity. Later Chinggis souvenirs are abundant, but early portrait lapel types such as this are considerably more difficult to encounter, particularly in complete original condition. For a collection of Mongolian transitional-period insignia, Chinggis Khan material, the Mongol Empire, or the rebirth of Mongolian national symbolism after socialism, this is a particularly evocative early example.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mongolia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52876379193656,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/1256\/7096\/files\/IMG_1295.jpg?v=1788101315","url":"https:\/\/khanmilitaria.com\/products\/1990s-mongolia-chinggis-khan-lapel-badge-founder-first-great-khan-of-the-mongol-empire-early-type-issue","provider":"KhanMilitaria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}