Tunisia, Ottoman Empire. An Infantry Officer's Fez Plate, C.1865 certificate_of_authenticity the reverse with dual makers’

the reverse with dual makers’ marks of “G

on a silvered silver and black enameled base

measuring 47 mm x 47 mm

Grand Cross Star - Four-piece construction

Tunisia, Ottoman Empire. An Infantry Officer's Fez Plate, C.1865 certificate_of_authenticity the reverse with dual makers’In brass gilt, illustrating an oval bearing the cypher of Muhammad III as Sadiq, the Husainid Bey of Tunis (1859 1882), fronting a trophy of arms base, measuring 65. 3 mm (w) x 85. 8 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, maker marked "AXC" (Adrien Chaubillon, Paris) on the French made bronze replacement pin, missing its catch, light contact, scattered gilt wear, very fine. Footnote: The Tunisian beys, a Turkish title for chieftain,