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Description: | Obverse: The Sultan's cypher in Arabic, surrounded by a laurel wreath. Reverse: A fort flying the Turkish flag, above, six stars, inscription below in Arabic: "1256" (1840) "The country of Syria and the fortress of Acre". Fitted with a silver suspension bar and crimson ribbon edged with white, with a brooch pin. Awarded by the Sultan of Turkey in gold and silver to officers and in bronze to men.
Inscription. ACQ: C H B Caldwell [Gift]. Made in the Imperial Mint in Constantinople. They were handed over to the British Ambassador in January 1842. 65 gold medals (46 for the navy and 10 for the army) 1002 silver medals (992 for the navy and 10 for the army) and 11081 bronze medals, 81 for the army the rest for the navy. Actually distributed to the navy and Royal Marines were 856 silver and 9, 757 copper medals. Gold went to to senior officers, silver to junior officers, bronzed copper to naval ratings and other ranks in the marines. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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