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Medal - High Dam completion celebration
| Location | Egypt |
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| Year | 1971 |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | Bust of President Nasser in right-facing profile, in high relief at center. The surrounding legend appears in Arabic along the upper rim and in Cyrillic along the lower rim, with dates and commemorative Arabic text filling the inner border on either side of the effigy. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic/Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | A detailed relief depiction of the Aswan High Dam viewed in perspective, with the dam's massive embankment stretching across the middle field, the Nile waters rendered with engraved wave patterns in the foreground, and a rising sun with radiating rays filling the upper field. The lotus-flower monument towers at the right. |
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