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| Location | United Kingdom |
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| Year | 1927 |
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| Diameter | 72 mm |
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| Obverse description | High-relief uniformed bust of King Fuad I left, wearing a fez and military uniform with epaulettes and decorations. Arabic legend flanks the effigy on both sides, with the engraver's name METCALFE inscribed in the lower right field. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Conjoined busts of Britannia, wearing a plumed helmet and laurel wreath, and Egyptia, wearing a pharaonic nemes headdress with uraeus, facing right in Art Deco style. Below the busts, a horizontal winged scarab motif separates the effigies from the six-line commemorative legend in the lower field. The engraver's initials C.L.D. appear in the lower right field. |
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