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ALGERIA: AE medal, 1846, Esc-24, Pax-995, 58mm, large French version bronze medal by Adolphe Christian Jouvenel [Belgium] and signed with his monogram, ABD-EL-KADER before bust of Kader left wearing Arabic robes // GET HOMME CELLEBRE / EST NE VERS 1806, PRES / DE MASCARA. PROCLAME EMIR / APRES 1830 IL PRESCHE LA GIERRE / SAINTE CONTRE LES FRANCAIS. 1833 / TRAITE QUE DE CONSTITUE SOEVERAHN / DE LA PROVINCE D'ORAN. 1834 REPRISE / DE LA GTERRE SAINTE, VECTOIRE QUIL / REMPORTE A LA MACTA. 1836 IL EST / BATTJ A LA SICKAK. TRAITE DE LA TAFNA / 1839 NOUVELLE RUPTURE SANS DECLARATION. / 1842 IL PERD SA SMALAH. 1845 APRES / LE COMBAT D'OUED-MALAH IL FUIT / DANS LE MAROC DONT IL SOULEVE / LES POPULATIONS CONTRE LA / FRANCE. 1845 IL REPORTE / LA GUERRE DANS / L'ALGERIE, in 18 lines of text, a lovely chocolate brown lustrous example! AU. Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine (1808–1883) was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion of Algiers in the early 19th century. As an Islamic scholar and Sufi who unexpectedly found himself leading a military campaign, he built up a collection of Algerian tribesmen that for many years successfully held out against one of the most advanced armies in Europe. His consistent regard for what would now be called human rights, especially as regards his Christian opponents, drew widespread admiration, and a crucial intervention to save the Christian community of Damascus from a massacre in 1860 brought honours and awards from around the world. Within Algeria, his efforts to unite the country against French invaders saw him hailed as the "modern Jugurtha".

Estimate: 200-250 USD