436 - CRIMEAN WAR

CRIMEAN WAR Set of 3 commemorative medals from the Crimean War (1854–1856), including: - a Sardinian Military Valor medal in silver (800 parts per thousand), the obverse bearing the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Savoy, the reverse featuring two sprigs of laurel leaves and inscribed along the rim with “Spedizione d’Oriente,” with a blue moiré silk ribbon, engraved on the edge with the recipient’s name “C. J. Ablitt Paymr. L. T. C.”; - a British silver medal (800 parts per thousand) bearing the profile of Queen Victoria, with the edge engraved “C. J. Ablitt P. M. C. Rifle Brigade,” with a ribbon featuring three distinctive bars: “Sebastopol,” “Inkermann,” and “Alma”; - a Turkish Crimean War medal for Sardinian troops, made of silver (800 parts per thousand), the obverse decorated with the four flags of the allied troops, the reverse bearing the tughra of Sultan Abdulmejid I, engraved on the edge “J. Ablitt P. M. C. Rifle Brigade,” with ribbon. Diameter: 3.5 to 4 cm. Total gross weight: 98.1 g. Provenance C. J. Ablitt, Paymaster of the Land Transport Corps and Chairman of the Rifle Brigade Mess Committee during the Crimean War.