The Silk Road Collection III + World Coins, Banknotes and Medals

World Coins, Banknotes & Medals

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October 23, 2025 – 17:00 CET

2189

Egypt, medals, 1947, Cholera Resistance medal gilt bronze, 16.4 g. (35 mm). A medal very rarely found with the

original ribbon and pin.

CHF 100 - 200

75%

2190

Egypt, medals, the International Cotton Congress (C.I.C.C.), Cairo, April 1948, silvered-bronze medal, 75 g. (50 mm).

Obverse: bust of Farouk three-quarters left, wearing fez, lotus border. Reverse: three women pick cotton under a

blazing sun, distant pyramids. The International Cotton Advisory Committees held its 7th (and last) meeting in Cairo

at the time of the Congress. A commemorative stamp was also issued on 1st April 1948. A very scarce medal, with

some scratches and edge chips on both sides.

CHF 300 - 500

75%

2191

Egypt, medals, 1950, silver jubilee of Fouad I University 1925-50, 86.7 g. (60 mm). Obverse: busts of king Fouad I and

king Farouk I facing left. Reverse: university building. Extremely fine.

CHF 300 - 500