Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Cased Order of Medjidie, II. Class Breast Star and Neck Badge Newly Listed 5 mm silver gilt conjoined

5 mm silver gilt conjoined wreaths of laurel leaves

Eminent veterinary practitioners in reserve were called up to collaborate with remount officers (officers who dealt with the recruitment of horses) and were initially forced to purchase a large proportion of remounts (horses recruited for war) from civilians and large commercial firms

Light exterior wear and moderate denting evident

1917 in Gertlauken near Königsberg

demonstrating some loosening to the stitching of the disc at approximately the one o’clock point

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Cased Order of Medjidie, II. Class Breast Star and Neck Badge Newly Listed 5 mm silver gilt conjoined(Mecidi Nisani). Instituted late 1851. (c. 1900 issue). A two piece set of a cased Order of Medjidie, consisting of: 1. The breast star, of multi piece construction, crafted out of 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 gilded silver centerpiece showing the Sultan Abdul Meijids royal cypher surrounded by a Turkish