Turkish Crimea Medal

Turkish Crimea Medal
Turkish Crimean War Medal reverse (left) and obverse, Sardinian issue
TypeCampaign medal
DescriptionSilver disc, 36mm in diameter
EligibilityBritish, French, and Sardinian personnel
Campaign(s)Crimean War
Established1856
Ribbon bar of the medal

The Turkish Crimean War Medal (Turkish: Kırım Harbi Madalyası) is a campaign medal issued by Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire to allied military personnel involved in the Crimean War of 1854–56. It was only awarded to those who survived the war and not to next of kin.[1] There are three different issues of this medal for British, French, or Sardinian personnel.[2] The medal was designed by James Robertson.

British recipients also qualified for the British Crimea Medal.

  1. ^ A. F. Flatow. The Turkish Crimea Medal. Orders and Medals Research Society Journal, Summer 1984, vol 23 No 2. Page 100.
  2. ^ John Mussell (ed). Medal Yearbook 2015. p. 145. Published by Token Publishing Ltd. Honiton, Devon.