France Charles X – Hommage to George Canning Bronze Medal 1827 by Galle

France Charles X – Hommage to George Canning Bronze Medal 1827 by Galle

obv.bare head bust of Canning left, . GEORGE CANNING,

rev. LIBERTE CIVILE ET RELIGIEUSE DANS L’UNIVERS. 1827 A LA CONCORDE DES PEUPLES, 51 mm.

Bronze, 57,66g

The Treaty of London was signed on the 6 July 1827 by Great Britain, France and Russia. The three main European powers had called upon Greece and the Ottoman Empire to cease hostilities that had been going on since the Greeks revolted against the Ottoman rule on 17 March 1821. After years of negotiation, the European allied powers had finally decided to intervene in the war on the side of the Greeks. The Allied powers wanted the treaty mainly to cause the Ottoman Empire to create an independent Greek state.It stated that while the Ottoman Empire would recognise the independence of Greece, the Sultan would be the supreme ruler of Greece.

Contemporary fitted fruitwood screw top box

AUnc