Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order of Medjidie, Third Class Commander's Badge, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with bright red corded Waffenfarbe

with bright red corded Waffenfarbe piping

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A Hamburg Hanseatic Cross certificate to lieutenant of the 20th Bavarian Infantry Regiment

Overseas Railway Constructors Corps

married Ella Hermine

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order of Medjidie, Third Class Commander's Badge, c.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with bright red corded Waffenfarbe(Mecidi Nisani). Instituted late 1851. (c. 1900 issue). In silver and consisting of a seven pointed multi rayed star, each of the arms with multiple faceted rays, and with a crescent moon and star in between each arm, the obverse with a bronze gilt centerpiece showing the Sultan Abdul Meijids royal cypher surrounded by a Turkish inscription within burgundy enamels, short section of period silk ribbon, measuring 62. 16 mm (w) x 89. 82 mm (h inclusive