WORLD COINS, TURKEY AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, The Crimean War. Napoleon III and Queen Victoria. Alliance of France and Great Britain to challenge Russia's influence of the Ottoman Empire, Copper Medal. 72 mm, 207.1g, by Laurent Joseph Hart. Conjoined busts of Napoleon III and Victoria, NAPOLEON VICTORIA. Rev. Vast assembly of Ottoman military trophies before dome of mosque, A LA GLOIRE DES ARMÉES ALLIÉES - ALMA 20 SEPT BALAKLAVA 25 OCT INKERMANN 5 NOV. 1854. (Divo 214; Dogan 6541). About extremely fine.
ex Baldwin's Auction 37, 4 May 2004, lot 1925.
Estimate: $ 1,500