Medal - Samut Prakan Province ND

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Disappearing Gun Battery at the Phra Chula Chon Khao river fort

Lettering: PHRA CHULA CHON KLAO FORT

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Obverse: The provincial seal depicts the Phra Samut Chedi, which was built 1827–1828 by King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (Rama II) on an island in the Chao Phraya River—hence its popular name Phra Chedi Klang Nam 'chedi in the middle of the water'. The island is now connected with the left river bank.


Phra Samut Chedi

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samut_Prakan_province

Reverse: Phra Chulachomklao Fort (ป้อมพระจุลจอมเกล้า; also known as "Phra Chun Fort" is a water fortress in a sub-district in Khlong Bang Pla Kot, Phra Samut Chedi District, Samut Prakan Province. First built up in March 1884, King Chulalongkorn (King Rama V) built this fort to protect the the Chao Phraya River opening from encroaching vessels, namely from England and France. King Rama V built this fort as a western artillery type fort, which contained 7 153/32 mm Armstrong cannons, nicknamed the ‘crouching tiger cannon,’ which were the main weapons of this fort, making the fort the most modern artillery fort in Siam in those days.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chulachomklao_Fort