Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Ruler:
‘Abd al-Majid (1823-61)
State:
Ottoman Empire
Entities
Categories
Description
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 the French issue instead. This is one of the rare British issue, with the Union Jack given pride of place in the field.
This medal was awarded to Colonel Lawrence Fyler of the 12th Lancers, whose medal group has come entire into the Watson Collection and shows a career spent in India and the East fighting for the Crown from the 1830s to the 1850s.
This medal is attached to two others and the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers it as part of Group 8 (this comprising two assemblages and two loose medals). For provenance of the group see those entries.
Notes
History note: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection. bt Seaby 1929. Left to James Fyler (nephew) on recipient's death 1873.
Legal notes
Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 36.8 mm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(2009)
by
Watson, Lester
Dating
Production date:
AD 1855
Materials used in production
Silver
Techniques used in production
Struck
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: Sultan's royal cipher with laurel wreath around
- Text: CRIMEA 1855
- Location: Obverse
- Type: Design
Inscription present: Cannon and mortar left and right before four standards of Crimean Allies
- Location: Reverse
- Type: Design
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: CM.1507-2009
Primary reference Number: 141605
Watson Catalogue: 76
Ordering: M-0394
Previous object number: LW.0366c3
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 25 March 2024
Last processed: Wednesday 14 May 2025
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Coins and Medals
