15929636420001312637261000Standard Recordobject-141285170534538723917053296920001705345371611fitz-onlineadlib-object-141285https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141285aa2b7f54-e055-3618-a381-a09b813f30ca7referenceterm-42993adlib-term-4299393884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0medalreferenceterm-122711adlib-term-1227111db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557abLester Watson CollectionCoins and MedalsThe 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.CM.1191-20091accession numberCM.1191-2009141285priref141285Watson Catalogue80orderingM-0074previous object numberLW.0074urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141285https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141285Sultan's cipher in disc low centre, with spears and leaves above flanking six-pointed star and crescent moon left and rightobverse[1270 H.]designSix-pointed star in centre of twelve-pointed star, above banner with Turkish inscription, foliate ornament belowreversedesignreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009referenceagent-206432adlib-agent-206432e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afbWatson, Lester200920092009givenon loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009185518551855statereferenceagent-174261adlib-agent-174261a08dbde5-902b-35bd-9555-63c9645406acOttoman Empirerulerreferenceagent-167861adlib-agent-1678617f6388d6-babc-3512-9323-cd79132808bc‘Abd al-Majid (1823-61)referenceterm-39778adlib-term-397788bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245silverDiametermm31Weightg17.44referencemedia-116121adlib-media-11612155440702-221e-3f6c-bdad-a2d9b90f8072jpegcm/cm15/LW_0074_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels15416162547851071imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0074_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels15416162547851071imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0074_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels15416162547851071imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0074_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels15416162547851071image0media
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imagereferenceterm-122804adlib-term-122804f06080f5-c0f3-31a3-8caa-f1888c4ec7e1Medal for Glory (Turkish General Service Medal)denominationreferenceterm-98222adlib-term-98222b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50emedalsseriesreferenceterm-108659adlib-term-108659cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2Militarysubseriesreferenceterm-121540adlib-term-1215406641cd62-d019-3070-875f-369310472694Ottoman Empiresubsubseriesreferenceterm-122717adlib-term-122717140af9ad-d215-34d9-9d42-52ecb5d3feadBritish Armysubsubsubserieshistory noteGift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Lowe before 1928referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museum383referencepublication-6481adlib-publication-648161f1069f-835a-35ca-a5c2-f822e618f8bfHandbook of British and Foreign Orders, War Medals and Decorations Awarded to the Arreferencepublication-5910adlib-publication-59100d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)referenceterm-122804adlib-term-122804f06080f5-c0f3-31a3-8caa-f1888c4ec7e1Medal for Glory (Turkish General Service Medal)Medal for Glory (Turkish General Service Medal)referenceterm-119622adlib-term-119622dd6626e9-5822-307d-aa31-13c8813e7555struckobject
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