Watch List notes:

TURKEY, Ottoman Empire. 'Abd al-Majid I. AH 1255-1277 / AD 1839-1861. Æ Medal (67mm, 207.7 g, 12h). The Triple Alliance and Victory in the Crimean War. By L. Hart. Dated 1854. ABDUL–MEDJID–KHAN EMPEREUR DES OTTOMANS, cloaked bust facing slightly left, wearing plumed fez; all in border bearing arms and names of allied generals / LA FRANCE ET L'ANGLETERRE UNIES POUR LA DÉFENSE DU DROIT, Victory seated left, holding wreath and resting arm on shield, with olive branch to left and palm frond to right, inscribing pyramid reading VICTOIRE/ NAPOLÉON/ 1854/ LA ME NOIRE/ ET LE/ DANUBE SROUT/ LIBRES; serpent to lower left; mosque in background to left. Dogan 6539. EF, warm brown surfaces, some edge bumps.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.