282, Lot: 496. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

FRANCE, temp. Deuxième Empire. 1852-1870. AR Medal (42mm, 48.45 g, 12h). Commemorating the Opening of the Suez Canal. By O. Roty. Dated 1869. · LEPARGNE · FRANÇAISE · PREPARE · LA · PAIX · DV · MONDE, Progress seated right on bale, holding torch and laurel branch; to right, Industry standing left; in background, sketched route of the Suez Canal / · COMPAGNIE · VNIVERSELLE · DV · CANAL · MARITIME · DE · SVEZ, LE ·/17 · NOVEMBER ·/1869 ·/LE · CANAL · MARITIME ·/A · ETE · OUVERT ·/A · LA ·/GRANDE · NAVIGATION · in seven lines. Edge: (cornucopia) ARGENT. Divo 606. EF, toned.