Turkey (Ottoman Empire). Medal for Russian troops on the Bosphorus.

1833, Ottoman Empire. On the ribbon of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky.
Weight: 8.86 g.
Diameter: 29 mm.
Silver.
Good condition. Peters - 99. Bitkin - 1198. Dyakov - 506.
Approved in July 1833 by Sultan Mahmud 2 of Turkey to reward the ranks of the Russian troops on the Bosphorus in 1833. On June 27, 1833, the Ambassador Extraordinary to Turkey, Count Orlov, sent to the commander of the Black Sea Squadron, Vice Admiral Lazarev, 396 gold and 10.926 silver medals assigned from the Sultan.