Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A 1St Crete Campaign Medal, C. 1869 Hold grip plates

grip plates

In preparation for the war

Constructed of silver machine-embroidered thread on a green cotton blended background

that his religion was Church of England and that his trade was that of Brickmaker

64 mm (w) x 51

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A 1St Crete Campaign Medal, C. 1869 Hold grip plates(Atik Girid Madalyasi). Instituted in 1868. In a round medal in silver, obverse featuring an upward facing crescent moon and the cypher of Sultan Abdulaziz, the reverse presents the island of Crete under the inscription Girid (Crete) and the date 1285 (1869 AD), measures 36. 71mm (w) x 36. 76mm (h), weighs 26. 2 grams (including ribbon), suspended from a thin rectangular bar and worn on an incorrect ribbon, dark patina, light edge bruising, very fine