Turkish Crimea Medal

The four flags of the allies are to the rear, their order identifying the country for which the medal was intended, either Great Britain, France or Sardinia.[3] Due to the loss by shipwreck of 22,000 of the medals intended for British recipients,[5] many awards were made with whatever issue came to hand, the most common being of the Sardinian type.Not only did they tend to rust, but these rings were almost universally altered to take the wider ribbon conforming to standard British type.While the Sultan offered the medal to Turkey's three allies, it was left to each country to decide how many to accept and the criteria of award.[1] Sardinia accepted 5,000 Turkish medals, which were awarded to selected officers and men of their forces who distinguished themselves in the campaign.
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