Turkey Ottoman Empire Patriotic medal for the Suppression of the Bulgarian April Uprising 1876

OTTOMAN EMPIRE - TURKEY: Bronze Patriotic 
Medal for the Suppression of the Bulgarian April 
Uprising in 1876. 
Dated AH1293 (1876 A.D.)
On the obverse: Tughra of Sultan Abdul Aziz 
(Reign: 1861-1876).
Reverse: Inscription in the old Turkish Alphabet 
(Arabic characters):
"Glorified His Victory Minted in Constantinople 
1293". 
The Bulgarian April Uprising erupted on 20 April 
1876 when Bulgarian rebels attacked the HQ 
(headquarters) of the Ottoman police in the town
of Koprivshtitsa.
While the uprising against the Turks was rapidly 
suppressed (by mid May 1876), the brutality and 
the slaughters that characterized the Ottoman 
response against the rebels, ignited the interna-
tional outcry against the Ottoman Turks, led to 
the Russo-Turkish War of 1877 , and following 
the Turkish defeat to the Congress of Berlin and 
the establishment of the independent Bulgarian 
principality.
The medal is rare as Sultan Abdul Aziz was 
deposed by his ministers on 30 May 1876, just 
a few days after the suppression of the Revolt. 

FULL SIZE

Bulgarian Uprising 1876

Item 100% original - ribbon most likely original

Condition as on the photos: The suspender of 
the medal is improvised.

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