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[EGYPT]. – [SADAT, Anwar (1918-1981)]. Nobel Peace Prize Medal replica minted by Egyptian government. Circa 1978. Gilt medal depicting Alfred Nobel as he appears on the Nobel Peace Prize on recto with the legend “The Nobel Peace Prize 1978” in English and Arabic script in border with an image of Anwar Sadat in military uniform on verso with the legend “President Sadat Hero of Peace” in border; includes red velvet box with heraldic eagle printed in lining. Anwar Sadat served as the third president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination at the hands of fundamentalist military officers on 6 January 1981. He is remembered for having negotiated the Egypt-Israel peace treaty, mediated by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, and it was for this that he and Israeli Prime Minister Menachim Begin won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978; this accomplishment made him the first Muslim to become a Nobel laureate. These medals were minted by the Egyptian government to commemorate Sadat’s accomplishment.