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Token - French Victory Proclamation 1857 ND
1857 year- | 0.69 g | 18.9 mm |
Location | Algeria |
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Period | French Colony (1830-1962) |
Type | Medals › Commemorative medals |
Year | 1857 |
Weight | 0.69 g |
Diameter | 18.9 mm |
Thickness | 0.4 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
Updated | 2024-11-12 |
Numista | N#395137 |
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Rarity index | 94% |
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Comment
Propaganda token struck to commemorate the French victory of 1857. Then governor of Algeria, General Jacques Louis Randon organized a military expedition in May 1857 in Djurdjura in Kabylia. At the beginning of July, Greater Kabylia was subjugated and Algerian resistance ceased.