WHM 79
- WHM 79
- Medal
- Ferdinand I (1835-1848 AD)
- 1840 AD
- Copper alloy
- Circular
- 65.56g
- Slg. Horsky 3713; Slg. Montenuovo 2595.
- Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut), bought from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & co. KG, E-live Auction 289, lot 2027 (ex Auktion Baldwin's 60, London 2009, n. 1155)
- 2017-03-17
- Austria-Hungary. Medal by W. Saidàn commemorating the capture of Sidon in 1840 AD. The Austrian Archduke Friedrich Ferdinand conquered the city during the Syrian campaign of the ‘London Alliance’ (Great Britain, Austria, Russia and Turkey) against Mehmet Ali Pasha of Egypt.
FREDERICVS ARCHIDVX AVSTRIAE
Bust of Friedrich Ferdinand I three-quarters right, in uniform.
ANTE OMNES AVGVSTION EMICAT MERDS, SIDON XXVI . SMVT . / MDCCCXL / xxxxxx (in exergue)
Victory hovers between fort and prow of ancient galley.