Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Turkish War Medal, By Godet, C. 1935 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Les Ordres Français et les

Les Ordres Français et les Récompenses Nationales (French Orders and National Awards)

Born in Elbing on 4 November 1916

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Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Turkish War Medal, By Godet, C. 1935 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Les Ordres Français et les(Harp Madalyas). A rare and privately purchased example of the Turkish War Medal (a. k. a. Gallipoli Star), 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 ten visible rivets securing the obverse fixtures in