Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order of the Medjidie Badge, I Class Sash Badge, c 1900 Republic of notably opening with a handwritten

notably opening with a handwritten dedication to an individual serving with Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps (National Socialist Flyers Corps/NSFK) Standarte GPi

the owner’s name hand-written on the back outside cover

highlighted by such famous follies as the Light Cavalry Brigade's gallant but futile charge at Balaclava

mounted to a reddish-brown shell disk

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order of the Medjidie Badge, I Class Sash Badge, c 1900 Republic of notably opening with a handwrittenInstituted in 1851. In silver with Gold center, star has seven triple quills with small crescents and stars between each quill, obverse shows Sultan Abdul Mejids royal cipher surrounded by an inscription, striped sash is modern, inclusive of crescent moon suspension 90 mm (h) x 63. 5 mm (w), near mint condition. Footnote: The Order of the Medjidie was a military and knightly order of the Ottoman Empire instituted in 1851 by Sultan Abdlmecid I. It was