Item PAN11
This Item was Sold on 12 December
2014 for $46
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This large commemorative plate is bone white and it
commemorates the tenth avviversary of the overthrowing of
the government of Panama by General Omar Torrijos on 11
October 1968. There are inner and outer gold rims on the
face of the plate with a picture of Torrijos wearing his
famous hat and a logo showing the Panamanian flag and a ship
transiting the Panama Canal. The words " Reconcimento al
General Omar Torrijos " are printed in blue letters on the
plate. This plate has small gold letters on the reverse that
say " Made in U.S.A. ". This plate is in excellent
condition. It would display well in your home (if this is
the kind of thing that you want to display). As for myself,
I never met this great dictator, but I used to hang out with
his niece who lived in Gatun in the late 1960s and my Aunt
Julia Jarrell (Curundu Swimming Pool manager) used to hang
out with Torrijos in the gambling casinos in Panama City
before he came to power. It is now time for me to find a new
home for this plate which I have owned for more than 25
years.