No idea what the context surrounding this piece is, but it was too unique to pass on. Best I can translate it says Siberia on one side and something like "memories of sad times" on the other in Hungarian. A Russian 15 kopeks is set in the center. The rest is copper or bronze. Design is done by hand. Anyone fluent in Hungarian? Google Translate can be funny sometimes.
That is pretty cool. Hope we get someone who can translate it; would love to learn more about the history of an item like this.
Gut feel - might be related to the Serbian war in 1914. Don't think it's related to Siberia in any way. Russian army might have come in aid in 1915. Not too well versed in this part of history so I could be quite wrong. As of 1916... who knows, maybe that's when this medal was made?
I believe that is a persons name. SZOMORU comes up as a surname. IDOK and EMLEKE as first names. But not 100% sure so maybe someone else might chime in.
Also - Russian Revolutions: 1914 - 1916 http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/russiaandukraine/a/rrevstimeline5.htm
Based on the information Siberian Man gave it seems like a prisoner of war made it home with a coin and had it made a into a keepsake to always remember the tough times. This is exactly the kind of thing that keeps me interested in numismatics. Some may debate that items like this are not strictly numismatic just because there is a coin there. But, numismatics is ultimately about history. And I'm pretty sure just about everyone here is interested in history
Moreover! Many of Hungarian prisoners of war became a soldiers of Red Army during our Civil War. And the Czech prisoners of war became a soldiers of anti-revolutionary movement in Russia. My hometown (Tomsk) was an important center of anti-revolutionary troops.
Szomoru (hun.): "sad". Emleke (hun.): "memory", "reminiscence". So: "Sad reminiscence about Siberia. 1914-1916".
