Turkey, Ottoman Empire. Two Constitutional Medals consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and her sister ships were

and her sister ships were designed to out-gun any opposing ship fast enough to catch up to them

and was limited to Roman Catholics (except for honorary members and foreigners)

exhibiting light soiling overall

when he was captured by the Nazis and imprisoned on November 10

Printed in red and brown inks on a cream-coloured paper stock

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. Two Constitutional Medals consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and her sister ships wereA Mehmet Resat Khan Period Constitutional Medal, in bronze, with the date 1334 (1912) on the front and the signature of Mehmet Reat Khan, and on the back, the Constitutional Monarchy flag and the Ottoman inscriptions "Hrriyet, Adalet, Musavvat, Uhuvvet" around it, measures 27. 3 mm (d), light wear, very fine. A Ottoman Period Constitutional Medal, in bronze, featuring crossed flags, reverse is dated July 11 1908, measures 27. 2 mm (d), dark patina,