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50th Anniversary of the Katanga Railroad

Año 1956

Cualidades FDC

Metales Bronze

Temático Eventos

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1956 Bronze medal
Obverse: Electric train moving l. through palm trees. 
Obverse Legend: 1906-1956 BCK CINQUANTIEME ANNIVERSAIRE
G A BRUNET
Reverse:
Steam train crossing bridge l. in jungle landscape.
Reverse Legend: COMPAGNIE DU CHEMIN DE FER DU BAS CONGO AU KATANGA 1906
Reverse translation: Railway company of Lower Congo in Katanga 1906

by: Georges André Brunet
Made by: Fisch & Co

Made in: Belgium
Diameter: 85 mm

The Katanga Railroad was a railway company in the Congo Free State and Belgian Congo between 1902 and 1952. It held the railway concession that linked the port of Bukama on the navigable section of the Lualaba River through the mining region and the town of Elisabethville to Sakania, where it connected with the Rhodesian railway network.

 

 

Colección : Distinctive World Medals

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