Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Medal For Ottoman-Greek War Of 1897 Archive 1943 for Home Leave disembarking

1943 for Home Leave disembarking at Durban on August 7th

Accompanied by its miniature stick pin with its spring-loaded retainer

with three clasps 58

To reach them he must first cross the Tserna River and take the strongly fortified Mount of the Archangel

marked with a leopard's head (made in London) and date marked "e" (1900) on the reverse

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Medal For Ottoman-Greek War Of 1897 Archive 1943 for Home Leave disembarkingSilver, obverse with the tungra of Sultan Abdul Hamid II within a laurel wreath with rose, reverse inscribed in Arabic "Greek War, Day Sunday, 23rd of Zildake (11th month Hejira calendar), 1314 (1897AD)", measuring 24. 5 mm, without ribbon, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The immediate cause of the 1897 War was the question over the status of the Ottoman province of Crete, whose Greek majority desired its annexation to Greece and