IDENTIFIERS
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id:	141285
accession number:	CM.1191-2009

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 15 January 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The Ottoman Sultan Abdúlmecid, once committed to the Crimean alliance, was eager to foster close cooperation between his forces and those of his allies; Turkish troops sometimes operated under British or French command, and British or French troops with Turkish units.
This co-operation was symbolised by the issue of Turkish military medals to troops of the allied nations. The Medal for Glory, effectively a General Service award, had been instituted in 1831, but in 1854 a special issue was struck and presented by the Sultan at his palace to a limited number of British officers and men who had been conspicuous in the fighting.
It is not known to which of those recipients this medal was awarded, as it is unnamed. Lester Watson bought it from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.
title:	Medal for Glory (Turkish General Service Medal)

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Lowe before 1928


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Coins and Medals
collection:	Lester Watson Collection
creditline: Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141285





TECHNIQUES
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struck

CATEGORIES
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category: medal

DATING
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creation date:	1855 - 1855
creation date earliest:	1855
creation date latest:	1855

CREATORS
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maker: Ottoman Empire
maker: ‘Abd al-Majid (1823-61)

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: mm
value: 31

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 17.44



CITATIONS
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Handbook of British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations Awarded to the Ar
British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)
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