WHM 33

Inventory number: WHM 33
Period: Modern
Dynasty: Ottoman
Category: Medal
Ruler: Abdul-Majid I
Date: 1683 AD
Material: Copper alloy
Manufacture: Struck
Shape: Circular
Diameter: 101 mm
Reference: Nuri Pere 1104.
Acquisition: Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut), bought from Gorny & Mosch, 192, lot 3576.
Date of acquisition: 2011-10-14
Remarks: Turkey. Medal engraved by L.J. Hart (Brussels) in commemoration of the Tanzimat of Abdul-Majid I, the reform edict relating to important aspects of Ottoman administration and culture. This reform aimed to reinforce the state against foreign hostile powers.

REGENERATION / DE L’EMPIRE D’OSMAN / PAR / ABDUL-MEDJID

Arms of the Ottoman Empire surmounted by tughra in rays of glory.

L’EMPIRE SUBSISTERA DIEU LE VEUT, 1850 (in exergue).

Fortress tower holding a mosque with two minarets and Turkish standard, surrounded by the sea and buffed by stormy waves