Turkey, Ottoman. An Austrian Manufactured War Medal, c. 1916 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with cotton mesh backers

with cotton mesh backers

as is the case with most of the others items in the group

the spine perforated with with for eyelets reinforced with brown-painted grommets through which is looped a drawstring that maintains the album’s structural integrity

Remaining in command

a Hungarian badge

Turkey, Ottoman. An Austrian Manufactured War Medal, c. 1916 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with cotton mesh backersInstituted in 1915. Five pointed red star, each arm finished with ball finials, obverse centre shows a raised crescent moon encircling the Tugra (cipher of Sultan Mehmed V), reverse horizontal pinback, 51. 5 mm (h) x 54. 2 mm (w), Austrian made, evidence of chipping on red enamel, good fair condition. Footnote: The Ottoman War Medal is a military decoration awarded by the Ottoman Empire. It was instituted by Sultan Mehmed V on 1 March 1915 for