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Description: | Artist: ‘Abd al-Majid (1823-61), ruler; Date(s): 1859 - 1860; Classification(s): medal, Turkish Crimean Medal (French), medals, Military, Ottoman Empire, British Army, contemporary copy; Acquisition: loan by Cambridge in America, 2005 [LW.0071]
Description: The readiness of Great Britain and France, and also Sardinia whose contribution is often forgotten, to aid the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean War, was recognised by Sultan Abdúlmecid with the issue of a medal for all the troops of all nations involved, struck to a slightly different design for each country.
The majority of the medals for British troops were however lost with their ship during carriage to Britain in 1856, and so British troops often obtained themselves copies of the Sardinian or sometimes the French issue instead. This example is an imitation of the French issue, with the French standard given pride of place in the field. It is engraved to Gunner W. Hudson of the Royal Artillery. Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | Turkish Crimean Medal (French) ‘Abd al-Majid (1823-61) medal | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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