Proclamation de la victoire Française en Algérie

Commemorative issue

French victory in Algeria in 1857

Obverse

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
سلطان
محمود خان
عز نصره

Translation:
Sultan Mahmoud Khan
The glory of his victory

Reverse

The reverse of the obverse, the coin having been struck so that the metal takes the shape of the inscriptions

Edge

Plain

Comments

Propaganda token struck to commemorate the French victory of 1857. In May 1857, while governor of Algeria, General Jacques Louis Randon organized a military expedition to the Djurdjura in Kabylia. By early July, Grande Kabylie was subdued and Algerian resistance ceased.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Jeton de propagande frappé pour commémorer la victoire française de 1857. Alors gouverneur de l’Algérie, le général Jacques Louis Randon organise en mai 1857 une expédition militaire dans le Djurdjura en Kabylie. Début juillet, la Grande Kabylie est soumise et la résistance algérienne cesse.

See also

• Token - French Victory Proclamation 1857
• Token - French Victory Proclamation 1857
• Algérie Commémoration Victoire Française 1857

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