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Medal commemorating the Suez Canal Clearance 1956-1957; obverse Long Caption: Medal commemorating the Suez Canal Clearance 1956-57. Obverse: Suez Canal Company Offices, Port Said, a sheer lighter raising a wreck in front, in the foreground a chain cable being broken by the hook of a crane, its sheave decorated with the badge of the United Nations. Reverse: Salvage vessel and sheer lighter working on a wreck, inscription. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: MEC2228 Artist: M. Kutterink Date: 1959 Medium: bronze Size: 60 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.