United Kingdom; Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Turkish Crimea War Medal 1854-1856, Sardinia Issue Converted Into A Brooch consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Constructed of gilded magnetic iron

Constructed of gilded magnetic iron

the Decoration for Services to the Red Cross

The regulations were later extended to anyone who had served prior to 1962 and returned to the colours after 1963

" Later that year

and nearly 100% preserved on the reverse

United Kingdom; Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Turkish Crimea War Medal 1854-1856, Sardinia Issue Converted Into A Brooch consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Constructed of gilded magnetic iron(Krm Harbi Madalyas). Instituted in 1855. In silver, reverse inscribed "LA CRIMEA" (Sardinia Issue), measuring 37 mm in diameter, reverse mounted with a horizontal pinback placed on the former obverse to be worn as a brooch and bearing a dark patina, bruised, edge nicks, contact marks, accompanied by a replacement ribbon, fine. Footnote: The Turkish Crimean War Medal is a campaign medal issued by Sultan Abdlmecid I of the Ottoman Empire to allied