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Medal - Farouk I University
| Location | Egypt |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Diameter | 75 mm |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined busts in left-facing profile of King Farouk I wearing a fez and Alexander the Great wearing a diadem with serpent, set above a scene depicting an ancient galley approaching the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Decorative Arabic calligraphic scrollwork fills the right field. The design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features dense Arabic legends arranged in a central rectangular panel divided by horizontal lines, surrounded by a continuous circular band of smaller Arabic text. The dates AH 1361 and AD 1942 appear prominently in the lower portion of the central field, all enclosed within a raised border. |
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| Reverse lettering | في التاسع عشر من شهر رجب الفرد سنه احدى وستين وثلاثمائة بعد الالف للهجرة الموافق اليوم الثاني من شهر أغسطس سنه اثنين واربعين وتسعمائه بعد الالف للميلاد جامعة فاروق الاول اسكندر الاكبر الاسكندرية وفاروق الاول ها ١٣٦١ه ١٩٤٢م |
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