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United Kingdom; Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Turkish Crimea War Medal 1854-1856, Sardinia Issue Converted Into A Brooch
United Kingdom; Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Turkish Crimea War Medal 1854-1856, Sardinia Issue Converted Into A Brooch
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(Kırım Harbi Madalyası). Instituted in 1855. In silver, reverse inscribed "LA CRIMEA" (Sardinia Issue), measuring 37 mm in diameter, reverse mounted with a horizontal pinback placed on the former obverse to be worn as a brooch and bearing a dark patina, bruised, edge nicks, contact marks, accompanied by a replacement ribbon, fine.
Footnote: The Turkish Crimean War Medal is a campaign medal issued by Sultan Abdülmecid I of the Ottoman Empire to allied military personnel involved in the Crimean War of 1854-1956. It was only awarded to those who survived the war and not to next of kin. There are three different issues of this medal for British, French, or Sardinian personnel. The medal was designed by James Robertson. British recipients also qualified for the British Crimea Medal.
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