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The Triple Alliance and Victory in the Crimean War - Abdulmejid I
| Location | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1854 |
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| Period | 19th century |
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| Obverse description | Bust of Sultan Abdul Medjid Khan, Emperor of the Ottomans, facing slightly to the left, wearing a plumed turban and decorated military dress, within a beaded inner border. The wide outer border contains eight ornate cartouches bearing the names of Allied commanders and statesmen, interspersed with military trophies and emblems in high relief. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Winged Victory seated to the left on a plinth, holding a laurel wreath and inscribing a pyramid with the campaign legend; a serpent coils along the base in the foreground, a laurel branch beside it, and a mosque with minarets appears in the background to the left. The circular legend arcs around the upper field, with DIEU LE VEUT in the lower exergue and the engraver's signature HART. FECIT. in the field at lower right. |
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