Turkey, Ottoman. An Austrian Manufactured War Medal, c. 1916 Archive British War Medal (W

British War Medal (W

Knight/Dame Commander

Grave Reference: Plot 11

with a bow and a mobile swastika on the bottom

Re-organized in 1959

Turkey, Ottoman. An Austrian Manufactured War Medal, c. 1916 Archive British War Medal (WInstituted 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