Medal - Henri d'Orléans Surrender of Emir Abdelkader

Location Algeria
Year 1847
Type Commemorative medal
Composition Copper
Weight
Diameter 51 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge Smooth
Period French Colony (1830-1962)
Notice
Reference(s) Escande#25
Obverse description Head of French Governor-General of Algeria, Henri d`Orléans, Duke of Aumale, facing right. Inscription in French. Medalist name at the bottom
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering H.E.P. D`ORLÉANS DUC D`AUMALE GOUVERNEUR GÉNÉRAL DE L`ALGERIE BORREL F.
(Translation: Henri Eugène Philippe d`Orléans, Duke of Aumale, Governor-General of Algeria Borrel F.)
Reverse description 10-lines French inscription within wreath
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering NEMOURS. 25 DÉCEMBRE 1847. L`ÉMIR ABD-EL-KADER APRÈS 14 ANS DE LUTTE, A FAIT SA SOUMISSION ENTRE LES MAINS DE S.A.R. M.LE DUC D`AUMALE GOUVERNEUR GÉNÉRAL DE L`ALGÉRIE
(Translation: Nemours 25 December 1847 The Emir Abdelkader after 14 years of control, made his submission between hands of S.A.R. M.LE Duke of Aumale Governor-General of Algeria)
Mintage
Numisquare ID 5113942340
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