Tunisia, Ottoman Empire. An Infantry Officer's Fez Plate, C.1865 certificate_of_authenticity the reverse with dual makers’

the reverse with dual makers’ marks of “G

measuring 55 mm x 25 mm

a "D" to the right (WD = War Department) and "402" below

the bell being an official replica of the huge bronze bell in the Berlin Bell Tower

Tunisia, Ottoman Empire. An Infantry Officer's Fez Plate, C.1865 certificate_of_authenticity the reverse with dual makers’In brass gilt, illustrating an oval bearing the cypher of Muhammad III as Sadiq, the Husainid Bey of Tunis (1859 1882), fronting a trophy of arms base, measuring 65. 3 mm (w) x 85. 8 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, maker marked "AXC" (Adrien Chaubillon, Paris) on the French made bronze replacement pin, missing its catch, light contact, scattered gilt wear, very fine. Footnote: The Tunisian beys, a Turkish title for chieftain,