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

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

which consisted of the survivors of the 6th Somersets (under Captain Lance) and 10th Durham L

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

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