Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order of Medjidie, III. Class Commander Neck Badge, c.1900 Auction Archive returned to Toronto last Sunday

returned to Toronto last Sunday

presumably of Peter Wöcker at the rank of Private First Class (Grefreiter)

marked on reverse RS 41

Here is a rare example of the 1933 pattern SS dagger by the seldom seen exclamation mark

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order of Medjidie, III. Class Commander Neck Badge, c.1900 Auction Archive returned to Toronto last Sunday(Mecidi Nisani). Instituted late 1851. (c. 1900 issue). Of multi piece construction, crafted out of silver and consisting of a seven pointed multi rayed star, each of the arms with multiple faceted rays, and with a crescent moon and star in between each arm, the obverse with a gilded silver centerpiece showing the Sultan Abdul Meijids royal cypher surrounded by a Turkish inscription within burgundy enamels, the reverse plain, with two unknown arabic