Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Crimea Campaign Medal 1855, British Issue, Attributed to J.A. Birch United Republic of It measures 195 mm (w)

It measures 195 mm (w) x 260 mm (h)

" on November 23rd

the obverse bears a “DRA” ciphe encompassed by an oak leaf wreath

the obverse illustrating a a group of twenty-seven soldiers in uniform

Secularized in 1879

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Crimea Campaign Medal 1855, British Issue, Attributed to J.A. Birch United Republic of It measures 195 mm (w)(Kirim Harbi Madalyasi). Instituted in 1856. Consisting of a round silver medal, with a hole punched through the top of the award and triple swivel rings for suspension from its period original replacement ribbon, the obverse bearing the tughra of Abdulmejid and dated AH 1271 (1854 AD), the reverse with a trophy of arms, the flags of France, Ottoman Turkey, Sardinia and Great Britain beyond and inscribed and dated Crimea 1855, marked 1st GDP JAS BIRCH