ALGÉRIE - ALGERIA Louis-Philippe I (1830-1848). Medal, renewed fighting against Abd-el-Kader, by A. Jouvenel 1845, Brussels. Av. ABD-EL-KADER. Bust of Abd-el-Kader left, signature AJ in monogram behind. Rv. Inscriptions in 18 lines: THIS FAMOUS MAN / WAS BORN ABOUT 1806, NEAR / MASCARA PROCLAMED EMIR / AFTER 1830 HE PREACHED THE HOLY WAR / AGAINST THE FRENCH 1833 / TREATY WHICH CONSTITUTES HIM SOVEREIGN / OF THE PROVINCE OF ORAN. 1834 RESUMPTION / OF THE HOLY WAR. VICTORY HE / WINS AT LA MACTA. 1836. HE IS / DEFEATED AT SICKAK. TREATY OF THE TAFNA / 1839 NEW RUPTURE WITHOUT DECLARATION / 1842 HE LOSES HIS SMALAH. 1843 AFTER / THE BATTLE OF OUED-MALAH HE FLEES / TO MOROCCO WHERE HE RAISES / THE POPULATION AGAINST / FRANCE. 1845 HE POSTPONES / THE WAR IN / ALGERIA. Ruedas 26 - Esc.24 ; Copper - 70,9 g - 50,5 mm - 12 h From a Sale on Offers iNumis 24, 18 March 2014, n° 1662 then Pierre-René Bauquis collection. Original strike without hallmark in Brussels. With a bright brown patina. Superb at Fleur de coin. Abd el-Kader ben Muhieddine was born on 6 September 1808 near Mascara and died on 26 May 1883 in Damascus, Syria. A politician and military leader, he resisted the expeditionary corps of African troops for fifteen years (1832-1847) during France's conquest of Algeria. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour and the Order of Pius IX. He is also a writer, poet, philosopher and Sufi theologian. In Algeria, he is considered to be at the origin of the modern Algerian state.