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 MARCHMENT"

MARCHMENT"

obverse centre presents a yellow enamelled octagon with concentric black

17/27 - III - 1941 in Cheren (Keren)

maker marked "BY KILPATRICK" and marked "STERLING" on the reverse of both maple leaves

otherwise a scare decoration in extremely fine condition

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 MARCHMENT"A 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