Mongolian Order Of The Polar Star – Type 3 Variation 5 Silver Screwback, Excellent Condition, Official Issue
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Original Item – Only One Available. The Order of the Polar Star stands among the most iconic and culturally distinct decorations ever produced in the socialist world. Unlike the Soviet-style orders that dominated the Eastern Bloc, the Polar Star was a uniquely Mongolian creation, designed around the pastoral heart of the nation rather than industrial or military symbolism. The central silver medallion carries the 1949 State Emblem of the Mongolian People's Republic, depicting a mounted herdsman galloping across the steppe beneath a rising sun with Mongolia's five sacred livestock, the horse, camel, cow, sheep, and goat. Above, the crowned red star and the state abbreviation scroll anchor the piece firmly in the socialist-era national identity adopted after the 1949 emblem reform. Few orders in world phaleristics tell their country's story as completely, or with such distinctly Mongolian visual vocabulary, as this one does.
This example is a Type 3 Variation 5 silver screwback produced at the Moscow Mint and awarded in 1970, serial numbered, presenting in genuinely Excellent condition. Moscow Mint production is particularly significant for this type: the higher-grade Mongolian orders of this period were struck in Moscow under state contract, and the resulting quality precision of strike, depth of relief, and the characteristic fine guilloche engraving beneath the translucent enamel is noticeably superior to locally produced variants. The white enamel Ulzii knots, symbols of eternity drawn from traditional Mongolian Buddhist iconography, interlace across the face of the order with clean edges and strong color.
The reverse presents the classic Moscow Mint screwback construction specific to this variation: a threaded central post secured through a separate silver screw plate bearing its characteristic twin-indent grip profile. The Order of the Polar Star was awarded to Mongolian citizens and foreign nationals for outstanding contributions to the development, culture, and international standing of the Mongolian People's Republic, making each numbered and historically significant piece of state history. This Type 3 Variation 5 from the Moscow Mint belongs to the most collectible tier of Mongolian phaleristics produced at the height of the socialist period, by the premier mint contracted for Mongolian state awards, and firmly within the established reference range. For the serious collector of Mongolian or broader communist-era orders and decorations, this is an honest, complete, and authoritatively attributed example of a defining Mongolian decoration, ready to take its place in a reference collection or a focused Mongolian cabinet.
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