Vintage Embossed Copper Wall Decoration of Musaler Memorial during the Soviet Era, Heroes of Musa Mountain, Musa Dagh

Rare antique vintage embossed copper wall round decoration made in Armenia in the Soviet era 1970s or even early in the 1960s which evokes the heroes of Musa Mountain.

The deportation orders of the Armenian population of modern-day Turkey, issued by the Ottoman government, in July 1915 reached the six Armenian villages of the Musa Dagh region: Kabusia, Yoghunoluk, Bitias, Vakef, Kheter Bey and Haji Habibli. As Ottoman Turkish forces converged upon the town, the populace, aware of the impending danger, refused deportation and fell back upon Musa Mountain, thwarting assaults for fifty-three days, from July to September 1915. One of the leaders of the revolt was Movses Der Kalousdian, whose Armenian first name was the same as that of the mountain. French warships of the 3rd Squadron in the Mediterranean under command of Vice Admiral Louis Dartige du Fournet, sighted the survivors just as ammunition and food provisions were running out. Five French ships, beginning with the protected cruiser Guichen, under the command of Captain Jean-Joseph Brisson, evacuated 3,004 women and children and over 1,000 men from Musa Dagh to safety in Port Said, Egypt.

Diameter 17.5cm – 6.88in
Weight 155gr

Ref 47