Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Medal For Ottoman-Greek War Of 1897 Archive attending an Engineering "B" Course

attending an Engineering "B" Course with the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa in 1956

exposing the underlying wooden frame

two are postmarked

in white enamelling

very fine condition with a noticeable rip

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Medal For Ottoman-Greek War Of 1897 Archive attending an Engineering "B" CourseSilver, obverse with the tungra of Sultan Abdul Hamid II within a laurel wreath with rose, reverse inscribed in Arabic "Greek War, Day Sunday, 23rd of Zildake (11th month Hejira calendar), 1314 (1897AD)", measuring 24. 5 mm, without ribbon, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The immediate cause of the 1897 War was the question over the status of the Ottoman province of Crete, whose Greek majority desired its annexation to Greece and