1850 OTTOMAN EMPIRE TURKEY TURKISH MILITARY BOSNA BOSNIAN WAR SILVER MEDAL RARE
Circular silver medal pierced for ribbon suspension; the face with the tughra of Sultân Abdül-Mejîd I; the reverse with a right-facing crescent and five-pointed star above a longer and shorter scroll within a decorative circular border; wear and age oxidization marks. The medal has the word ‘Bosnia’ in Arabic characters on the longer scroll and the date ‘1266’ (AD1850) on the shorter scroll. The medal was instituted in 1850 for the participants in the campaign to suppress the Serbian rebellions against Ottoman rule in Bosnia and in particular attempts to centralize previously local setting and collecting of taxes. A very rare medal.
AR medal (22.22g), AH1266, (36.8mm)
Refence: NP # 1095
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