Location | Algeria |
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Period |
French Colony (1830-1962)
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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 |
Script: Arabic
Lettering:
سلطان
محمود خان
عز نصره
Translation:
Sultan Mahmoud Khan
The glory of his victory
Script: Arabic
Smooth
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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