WHM 51
- WHM 51
- Contemporary
- Medal
- Friedrich Ferdinard
- 1841 AD
- Copper alloy
- Struck
- Circular
- 50mm
- Montagu. 2596. Hauser 88.
- Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut), bought from Auktionhaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, 85, lot 2286.
- 2009-11-28
- Austria-Hungary. Medal engraved by F. Stiore commemorating the battle of Sidon in 1841 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 .
FEDERICVS . FRED . LEOP . ARCHIDVX . AVSTRIAE
Bust of Friedrich Ferdinand to left, in uniform
SIDONE . CAPTA, A. MDCCCXLI (in exergue)
View of Sidon with mountains in distance, troops debarking from the anchored frigate Guerriera and marching up the shore