Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Ottoman War Medal, by B.B. & Co. Archive sterling silver and yellow enamels

sterling silver and yellow enamels

including a studio portrait of an Ensign

"Essex R" slight worn

mounted to a red and blue embroidered base with gilt metal ends

finally becoming the 5th Don Cossack Regiment

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Ottoman War Medal, by B.B. & Co. Archive sterling silver and yellow enamels(Harp Madalyas). Constructed of silvered tombak with enamels, consisting of a five pointed star completing in ball finials, the obverse with red enameled arms demonstrating a classic strawberry seed style pattern, overlaid by a raised and silvered crescent, surrounding a silvered Tughra of Sultan Mehmed V above an Islamic calendar date of 1333 (AD 1915), the reverse affixed with a two piece suspension apparatus consisting of a rectangular base plate