Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Auction Cape Colony in 1889

Cape Colony in 1889

white silk lined on the inside lid

It was at Ottawa that he spends nine days in Station Hospital from September 19 to 27

1938 NSFK Group 6 Flight Day Breslau Tinnie - Silvered zinc

the coat of arms at 6 o’clock is loose

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Auction Cape Colony in 1889A rare and exceptionally high quality example of a privately purchased Gallipoli Star (a. k. a. Turkish War Medal 1915), constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a five pointed star completing in ball finials, the obverse with red enameled arms, overlaid by a raised and silvered crescent, surrounding a silvered Tughra of Sultan Mehmed V above an Islamic calendar date of 1333 (AD 1915), the reverse with an elongated rectangular depression