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A Rare Turkish 25 PDR. Bronze MortarReign Of Sultan Abdulaziz (1861-76), Dated 1289 A.H. Corresponding To 1872 A.D.
24 May 2023, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £4,480 inc. premium
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A Rare Turkish 25 PDR. Bronze Mortar
Reign Of Sultan Abdulaziz (1861-76), Dated 1289 A.H. Corresponding To 1872 A.D.
Reign Of Sultan Abdulaziz (1861-76), Dated 1289 A.H. Corresponding To 1872 A.D.
Cast in one piece and with raised muzzle-ring, the medial reinforce incised with the Sultan's tughra, touch-hole with flash-shield also forming the back-sight, rounded base, plain trunnions incised respectively with the date and 'Diameter 9, No. 2' in Turkish, and with light green patination
42 cm., 15 cm. bore
42 cm., 15 cm. bore
Footnotes
An almost identical example is in the Askeri Museum, Istanbul. See O. Sermed Moukhtar, Musée Militaire Ottoman..., 1921, pl. 25, no.3








