Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order of Medjidie, Third Class Commander's Badge, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Overseas Railway Constructors Corps

Overseas Railway Constructors Corps

40 mm (w) x 90

5 cm (w) x 29 cm (l) x 9

Footnote: The La Fayette Escadrille was a U

marked “Thür Staatsschule Führtum u

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order of Medjidie, Third Class Commander's Badge, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Overseas Railway Constructors Corps(Mecidi Nisani). Instituted late 1851. (c. 1900 issue). In 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 bronze gilt centerpiece showing the Sultan Abdul Meijids royal cypher surrounded by a Turkish inscription within burgundy enamels, short section of period silk ribbon, measuring 62. 16 mm (w) x 89. 82 mm (h inclusive