IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 141284 accession number: CM.1190-2009 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 25 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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 is a fine imitation of the Sardinian issue, with the Sardinian standard given pride of place in the field. It is engraved to Private Arthur Connor of the 48th Regiment. Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928. title: Turkish Crimean Medal (Sardinian) NOTES ----- type: history note value: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, acquired before 1928 LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Coins and Medals collection: Lester Watson Collection creditline: Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141284 TECHNIQUES ---------- struck CATEGORIES ------ category: medal DATING ------ creation date: 1859 - 1860 creation date earliest: 1859 creation date latest: 1860 CREATORS -------- maker: Hunt & Roskell maker: ‘Abd al-Majid (1823-61) maker: London DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: mm value: 36.3 dimension: Weight units: g value: 26.96 CITATIONS -------- British Battles and Medals 7th edn British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959) --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0073_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 146 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0073_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 146 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0073_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 146 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0073_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 146 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0073_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 146 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0073_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 146 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0073_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 146 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0073_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 146 pixels