Watch List notes:

EGYPT: Farouk, 1936-1952, AE medal (108.4g), 1948, Dropsy-202, 58mm; 150th Anniversary of the Insitute d'Égypte: conjoined busts of Fuad I and Farouk, their names in Arabic // INSTITUT D'ÉYPTE 1798-1801 / INSTITUT ÉGYPTIEN 1859-1917 / INSTITUT D'ÉYPTE 1918 / CET INSTITUT D'ÉYPTE IL M'A ÉTE / DONNÉ DE LE RÉTABLIR SUR LES BASES / MÉME QU'AVAIENT POSÉES / SUR FOUNDATEURS, / FOUAD 1er. / ROI D'ÉEGYPT, ancient style ornament above, designed by H. Dropsy in 1948, AU, R. The Institut d'Égypte was a learned academy originally formed by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign. The Institut was burned on 17 December 2011 during the Revolution that had started the previous January. It is understood that Sheikh Sultan al Quassimi, governor of the Emirate of Sharjah, will fund the the reconstruction of the building.

Estimate: 400-500 USD