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Auction: 7018 - Dr R Ferrari English Crowns, R Wilson Scottish Coins, A Louise Irish Coins, K MacKenzie Ottoman Coins & Other Propertie
Lot: 627

Abdul Mecid (H.1255-77; A.D.1839-61), Kurdistan Madalyasi ve Nisanlari, H.1263 (Medal for Kurdistan 1846), silver, Tughra above wreath, rev. landscape of mountains, kurdistan in Arabic, and date 1263, above, 29mm., 16g. (ME.182; cf.NP.1090), extremely fine, scarce Estimate £ 140-180 Awarded in gold, silver and coppere, to troops under Field Marshal Osman Pasha who stormed the fortress of Orak and defeated the Kurd rebels under Bedirhan Pasha.

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