Token - French Victory Proclamation 1857

Features

Location Algeria
Period French Colony (1830-1962)
Type Souvenir medals › Event souvenir
Year 1857
Composition Silver plated copper
Diameter 23.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
159260

Obverse

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
سلطان
محمود خان
عز نصره

Translation:
Sultan Mahmoud Khan
The glory of his victory

Reverse

Script: Arabic

Edge

Smooth

Comments

Propaganda token struck to commemorate the French victory of 1857. In May 1857, while governor of Algeria, General Jacques Louis Randon organized a military expedition to the Djurdjura in Kabylia. By early July, Grande Kabylie was subdued and Algerian resistance ceased.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1857 

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