MEDAL COMMEMORATIVE OF THE CENTENARY BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF IN PAKISTAN

DESCRIPTION Medal Commemorative of the Centenary Birth Anniversary of the Great Leader, 1976 (Tamgha-i-Sad Saala Jashan-i-Wiladat-i-Quaid-e-Azam, A.H. 1397) Circular cupro-nickel medal on scroll and bar suspension; the face with the head and shoulders portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah facing left, circumscribed in Urdu; the reverse with the star and crescent of Pakistan, an inscription in Urdu above, laurel branches to either side, dated ‘25 December 1976’ below in Urdu letters and numerals; slight age oxidisation marks; on replaced correct ribbon. The medal was instituted to mark the centenary of the birth of the ‘قائد اعظم’ (Quaid-e-Azam = Great Leader), Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948), founder and first leader of the independent state of Pakistan whose extraordinary life and achievements make him one of the great figures of the 20th Century. Serpak, Chakwal, Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan