SINKIANG: Second East Turkestan Republic, 1944-1949, AR medal (10.59g), 1946, 32mm, with original loop, shining star & crescent, sadaqat ("loyalty ") below in Uyghur script // punched date & award number (#2105), EF to About Unc, RR. The East Turkestan Republic's Orders and medals were all instituted in 1945, the same year as the Ili National Army was formed. They are little known and all extremely rare.
Estimate: 300-400 USD