Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Medal For Ottoman-Greek War Of 1897 Hold 1336 Private Harold S

1336 Private Harold S

Fleet Marine Forces

This fine quality cap has a 42 mm wide red wool band

chipping and loss evident in the white enamels on the elephant

he proceeded to Bramshott Camp

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Medal For Ottoman-Greek War Of 1897 Hold 1336 Private Harold SSilver, 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