Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Pair Of Badges Hold 2) A Merit Cross for

2) A Merit Cross for War Aid

The thick blackanded leather washer at the crossguard is intact and sits tightly in its place

The sweatband is tan leather and dyed black on its upper

An instructor’s embroidered cloth cap badge

A Great War C

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Pair Of Badges Hold 2) A Merit Cross forA pair of badges, including a War Medal of 1915, constructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a five pointed star with each arm completing in a ball finial, the obverse with a red painted finish, bearing a central raised monogram of Sultan Mehmed V set within a crescent moon, the reverse with a block hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked FR. SEDLATZEK, BERLIN, measuring 56. 18 mm (w) x 53. 89 mm (h), weighing