Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, EGYPT, Mehmet Ali Pasha (Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha) (1767-1849), large cast Zinc Medal, by Henri Dropsy, 1949, on the 100th Anniversary of his death, three-quarters facing bust right, his dates and the dates 1849-1949 in Arabic, rev ships sailing from a harbour defended by cannon, a fruit tree blossoming, 116mm. Extremely fine, rare.
Mehmet Ali Pasha was an Albanian commander and administrator in the Ottoman army, and self-declared viceroy in Egypt. He is regarded by some as the founder of modern Egypt.
ex Baldwin's Auction 74, 9 May 2012, lot 2097

Estimate: £250-300