Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Newly Listed George VI (REGINALD C

George VI (REGINALD C

measuring 152 mm (w) x 200 mm (h))

measuring 155 mm (w) x 234 mm (h) x 23 mm (d)

embroidered tag marked "Ordens Dekoration GRAVIERANSTALT J

dual-pronged vertical pinback

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Newly Listed George VI (REGINALD CA 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