Tunisia, Ottoman Empire. An Infantry Officer's Fez Plate, C.1865 Newly Listed quite natural in the air

quite natural in the air

Sixteenth Training Battalion

excellent quality enamels

while the lower pockets on either side are larger and deeper and are without pleats

Tunisia, Ottoman Empire. An Infantry Officer's Fez Plate, C.1865 Newly Listed quite natural in the airIn brass gilt, illustrating an oval bearing the cypher of Muhammad III as Sadiq, the Husainid Bey of Tunis (1859 1882), fronting a trophy of arms base, measuring 65. 3 mm (w) x 85. 8 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, maker marked "AXC" (Adrien Chaubillon, Paris) on the French made bronze replacement pin, missing its catch, light contact, scattered gilt wear, very fine. Footnote: The Tunisian beys, a Turkish title for chieftain,