Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Crimea Campaign Medal 1855, British Issue, Attributed to J.A. Birch visually-hidden Cobham took his aerial circus

Cobham took his aerial circus to South Africa (with the mistaken view that it would be the first of its kind there)

and maker marked on reverse

Beige wool stitched lettering on a wool maroon base

Nova Scotia and the Great War 1914-1919" states that he was killed at Vimy Ridge

1940s (in red

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Crimea Campaign Medal 1855, British Issue, Attributed to J.A. Birch visually-hidden Cobham took his aerial circus(Kirim Harbi Madalyasi). Instituted in 1856. Consisting of a round silver medal, with a hole punched through the top of the award and triple swivel rings for suspension from its period original replacement ribbon, the obverse bearing the tughra of Abdulmejid and dated AH 1271 (1854 AD), the reverse with a trophy of arms, the flags of France, Ottoman Turkey, Sardinia and Great Britain beyond and inscribed and dated Crimea 1855, marked 1st GDP JAS BIRCH