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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 245

Iraq, Kingdom, 1954 Flood Rescue Medal, by Huguenin, 32mm, gilt metal; 1954 Flood Rescue Table Medallion, by Huguenin, 60mm, both good very fine (2)

During March 1954 the rivers Tigris and Euphrates flooded necessitating the marshalling of civilian and Iraqi forces, along with the assistance of the British Royal Air Forces based at Habbaniya to combat the effects of the flooding. The Flood Rescue Medal was instituted by the Iraqi Government for those who took part in these operations. The British Government granted unrestricted permission to wear the medal and approximately 75 were issued to British personnel in late November 1959 and November 1957.

The Flood Rescue Medal and Medallion both have the same obverse design. In high relief, a man supporting a woman stands atop sand bags in the rain with the flooded river in the middle ground and the city of Baghdad in the back. To the bottom right of the sand bags along the rim is the maker's name 'Huguenin'.

The reverse of the medal bears an Arabic inscription which reads 'Medal of Rescue Iraqi Floods 1954 Year'. The Arabic inscription on the reverse of the medallion differs slightly, instead reading 'Commemorating Support (and) Rescue of the Flood Afflicted in Iraq 1954 Year'.

Sold together with printed O.M.R.S. article.


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Sold for
£3,200

Starting price
£50