Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac pierced by gilt crossed swords

pierced by gilt crossed swords

MARCHMENT"

8cm picture postcard having been removed from scrapbook

the chevrons sewn in place via yellow threading to a grayish-blue wool base

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac pierced by gilt crossed swordsA 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