Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order Of The Crescent, Miniature, C.1900 GTRexclude with dark blue wool Kriegsmarine

with dark blue wool Kriegsmarine backer

Accompanied by two Canadian Army reproduction file photographs of Flight Officer Richards in uniform and a CD containing thirty-nine pages with copies of his IndexCards

An example of a War Merit Medal (Kriegsverdienstmedaille)

He later became a Warrant Engineer

obverse centre exhibiting a gilt figure of St

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order Of The Crescent, Miniature, C.1900 GTRexclude with dark blue wool Kriegsmarine(Hilal Nishani). Instituted in 1799. In silver, measuring 14 mm (w) x 25. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, contact marks evident on the reverse, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of the Crescent was instituted in 1799 by Sultan Selim Khan III Ilhami and awarded to foreigners for services rendered during the Napoleonic wars.