ISLAMIC COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, EGYPT, The Opening of the Suez Canal, large Silver Medal of the Universal Company of the Maritime Canal of Suez, 1869, by O Roty, draped figures of Labour offering a jar to the seated Commerce who hold a torch aloft, distant aeriel panorama of the canal beyond, rev legends and cartouche for naming, Sphinx and Pyramids below, 60mm. Extremely fine, light brush marks on the surface.
Estimate: £300-400