Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Ottoman War Medal, by B.B. & Co. Archive Birchall had been informed of

Birchall had been informed of the declaration of war by radio so made a low pass over the freighter

in turn overlaid by a mobile swastika and above a banner bearing initials “RKK”

It features a flat crown

flanked by the dates "1917" and "1918"

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Ottoman War Medal, by B.B. & Co. Archive Birchall had been informed of(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