Medal - Fu'ad, CE 1934. 6248

Canonical URI: https://enl.numismatics.org/id/6248

Obverse: uniformed bust left wearing fez; to right to left Fuad I ROI D' EGYPTE; behind shoulder P.MINASSIAN

Reverse: female figure reclining among rocks at right; upper left, five figureslying around globe handing envelopes one to another; in lower left UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE; small letters below reclining figure P. MINASSIAN-EGYPT.;at bottom in three lines Xe CONGRES POSTAL UNIV-/ERSEL/ LE CAIRE 1934

Physical Description

Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 114.72
- Diameter (in mm): 70

Typological Description

Object Type: Medal
Material: Aluminum
Manufacture: Gilded
Date: 1934
Authority
- Authority: Fu'ad
- - State: Muhammad Ali Dynasty
- Political/Dynastic Entity: Muhammad Ali Dynasty

References

Reference: The Palace Collection of the Egypt Catalogue. London: Sotheby and Co., 1954, 2663, as catalog no. 6247, except Bz

Administrative History

1982 Catalog Number: 6248
Registration Number: Medal 088
Collection: Egyptian National Library and Archives

Notes

Postal Union

Rights

CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society