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Medal - Opening of the Suez Canal

Medal - Opening of the Suez Canal - obverseMedal - Opening of the Suez Canal - reverse

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Features

Location Egypt
Sułtan Abdülaziz (1867-1876)
Type Commemorative medals › Inauguration medals
Year 1869
Composition Brąz
Weight 21.02 g
Diameter 37.4 mm
Shape Okrągły
Technique Frezowana
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
244591
References Slg. Dogan# 6589 var.
Gorny & Mosch (publisher); 2008. Slg. Dogan: Medaillen auf die türkische Geschichte = Dogan Collection. Gorny & Mosch.
, Fonrobert# 5258 var.
Adolph Weyl (ed.); 1878. Die Jules Fonrobert'sche sammlung überseeischer Münzen und Medaillen: Ein beitrag zur münzgeschichte aussereuropäischer länder = The Jules Fonrobert Collection of Overseas Coins and Medals. B. Westermann & Co., J. A. Stargardt, Joseph Baer, Berlin, Germany.

Commemorative issue

Otwarcie Kanału Sueskiego w 1869 r.Automatically translated

Obverse

(en) Bust three-quarters left, outer with Arabic legend.

Lettering: VIVE ISMAEL PACHA LE VICE-ROI D'ÉGYPTE 1869

Reverse

(en) Panorama of canal, outer with Arabic legend.

Lettering: SOUVENIR DE L'INAUGURATION DU CANAL DE SUEZ EN L'AN 1869

Edge

ZwykłyAutomatically translated

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1869 

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