Ottoman Empire, Abdul Mejid Æ Medal. The Triple Alliance and Victory in the Crimean War. 1854. Dies by L.S. Hart. ABDUL – MEDJID – KHAN EMPEREUR DES OTTOMANS, bust of the Sultan Abdul Medjid facing slightly to left, eight cartouches with the names of the commanders and politicians of the Allied troops in the border / LA FRANCE ET L'ANGLETERRE UNIES POUR LA DÉFENSE DU DROIT, Victory seated to the left, holding wreath and inscribing pyramid reading (star) VICTOIRE NAPOLÉON 1854 LA MER NOIRE ET LE DANUBE SERONT LIBRES, in eight lines, serpent below, mosque in background to left; DIEU LE VEUT in exergue. Dogan 6539, Collignon 1658. 204.17g, 72mm, 11h.
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From the Marnix Collection;
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung Auction 254, 6 March 2018, lot 2475.
This rare medal was struck in commemoration of the alliance with France and England against Russia.