Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Newly Listed VI - The Carnegie Hero

VI - The Carnegie Hero Fund

dual-pronged vertical pinback

embroidered tag marked "Ordens Dekoration GRAVIERANSTALT J

and Ukraine Breast Badge for Veteran of the Great Patriotic War (in brass

wear evident on the fabric overlying the hinged area

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Newly Listed VI - The Carnegie HeroA 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