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<p>[QUOTE="Joseph Sarkissian, post: 2414635, member: 78162"]ՎԱՐԴԱՆ = VARTAN </p><p>It is a medal commemorating the Battle of Avarayr in 451 AD of the Armenians. This is the most important battle in Armenian history, and is a national Holiday. Armenia then was split between Byzantium and Sassanid Persian influences, and was run by Barons. King Yazdegerd (Hazgerd) of Persia decided to forcibly convert Armenia into Zoroastrianism, but Vartan Mamikonian, the commander of the army, summoned an army and battled a Persian army four times its size. The Armenians were defeated and Vartan was killed in battle. However, the battle is considered a moral victory to Armenians, as the insurgency continued, and resulted in 481, at the Treaty of Nvarsak, Persia revising its policy, and allowing Armenia to retain its statehood and religion. (very brief).</p><p>If I have a better focus of the medal, I can read the rest. Do you know when and where this medal was originated?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joseph Sarkissian, post: 2414635, member: 78162"]ՎԱՐԴԱՆ = VARTAN It is a medal commemorating the Battle of Avarayr in 451 AD of the Armenians. This is the most important battle in Armenian history, and is a national Holiday. Armenia then was split between Byzantium and Sassanid Persian influences, and was run by Barons. King Yazdegerd (Hazgerd) of Persia decided to forcibly convert Armenia into Zoroastrianism, but Vartan Mamikonian, the commander of the army, summoned an army and battled a Persian army four times its size. The Armenians were defeated and Vartan was killed in battle. However, the battle is considered a moral victory to Armenians, as the insurgency continued, and resulted in 481, at the Treaty of Nvarsak, Persia revising its policy, and allowing Armenia to retain its statehood and religion. (very brief). If I have a better focus of the medal, I can read the rest. Do you know when and where this medal was originated?[/QUOTE]
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