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UNIQUE AFGHANISTAN MUHAMMAD ZAHIR SHAH SILVER MEDAL WITH BIRDS & HORSE

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UNIQUE AFGHANISTAN MUHAMMAD ZAHIR SHAH SILVER MEDAL WITH BIRDS & HORSE
VERY RARE & UNIQUE AFGHANISTAN, MOHAMMED ZAHIR SHAH’S PICTURAL MEDAL SH DATED 1342 (1964), IN SILVER. WITH IMAGES OF 2 BIRDS & A HORSE, VERY SPECAIL ISSUE. The medal was instituted in AD1964 by King Mohammed Zahir Shah who succeeded to the throne in 1933 aged 19 following the assassination of his father, King Mohammed Nadir Shah, and reigned until 1973 when, with the fall of the Afghan monarchy, the award presumably became defunct.