Auction Catalogue

28 March 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals Including five Special Collections

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 702

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28 March 2002

Hammer Price:
£55

Turkey, Tahlisiye Medal for Saving Life, silver, 36mm, with silver bar suspension, very fine and scarce £40-60

Instituted in 1859, Tahlisiye medals were awarded for saving life from drowning, fires, earthquakes or landslides, and for other similarly heroic deeds.