Title

In memory of Cana Martyrs Medal

ميدالية ذكرى شهداء قانا

Qana Medal

Date

1996

TID

C5.1

Material

Bronze

Manufacture

Ultra High Relief

Weight (g)

279

Diameter (mm)

75

Description

On April 18, 1996, one of the numerous repetitive Israeli attacks on the Lebanese territory ended with a total of 225 victims of which 199 killed and wounded in Qana. The Cana (Qana) medal is dedicated to the memory of the Lebanese martyrs of the Israeli shelling of Cana (Qana). (Source BDL website).

CANA MEMORIAL MEDAL (BDL website)

Remarks: When issued, medals were sold in a presentation box.

Obverse

A bas-relief of a weeping lady, may be a mother holding her dead baby. The background shows killed bodies laid on a ground and a radiant rising sun behind the hills. At the bottom a stylized shape of a cedar tree flanked by the country name in Arabic and French and at the top the title of the medal in both languages is inscribed.

نقش بارز لسيدة تبكي ، قد تكون أماً تحمل طفلها ميتًا. تُظهر الخلفية جثث القتلى ملقاة على الأرض وشمس مشرقة وراء التلال. في الجزء السفلي ، يوجد شكل منمق لشجرة أرز محاط باسم البلد باللغتين العربية والفرنسية وفي الجزء العلوي نُقش عنوان الميدالية باللغتين.

Cana Medal 1996 C5

Reverse

A list of some of the dates of the repeated Israeli attacks on Lebanon within wreath.

Cana Medal 1996 C5

Legend

Obverse: En mémoire des martyrs de Cana
ذكرى شهَداء قَانَا
République Libanaise
الجمهُوريّة اللبنانية

In memory of the martyrs of Cana
Lebanese Republic

Reverse: 1974
1978
1982
1985
1987
1990
1993
1995
Cana 1996 قانا

TRS Tier (Rarity Level)

TRS D-

Monetary Value

Issued Price: USD 47

Bears Date

1996

Axis

12 hr

Shape

Circular

Region

Lebanon

Authority

Republic of Lebanon

Stated Authority

Republic of Lebanon

Numismatic Type

Medal

Numismatic Group

Commemorative Coins

DBPEDIA

Is Part Of

Cana Martyrs Singleton Series

Collection

LIRAT.ME Reference Collection

Relation

Qana

Qana Massacre

Provenance

Abdallah Absi

Subject(s)

Qana

Cana

Martyrs

Medal

Mother

Baby

Massacre

Bombing

Israel

Weeping

Sun

Hills

License

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Terms of use

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