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Medal - Digging of the Suez Canal
| Location | France |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A raised relief map of the Suez Canal route dominates the left and center of the field, depicting the canal waterway connecting the Mediterranean Sea at Port-Said in the north to the Red Sea at Suez in the south, with lakes and geographic labels indicated throughout. The legend CREUSEMENT DU CANAL DE SUEZ occupies the right field in large raised letters, flanked by the dates 1859-1869 above and the engraver's signature C. BERG at lower left. |
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| Reverse lettering | MER MEDITERRANEE PORT-SAID 1859-1869 CREUSEMENT DU CANAL DE SUEZ LAC MENZALEH JAC BALLAH ISMAILIA LACS AMERS SUEZ MER ROUGE C. BERG |
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