Turkey, Ottoman. An Austrian Manufactured War Medal, c. 1916 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Army Officer's Bullion Eagle for

Army Officer's Bullion Eagle for Visor Hat (Schirmutze) - eagle embroidered in silver bullion wire

the spine perforated with with for eyelets reinforced with brown-painted grommets through which is looped a drawstring that maintains the album’s structural integrity

with cotton mesh backers

Despite his numerous and gallant services during the Afghan War promotion was slow and he was advanced by purchase to Captain on 9 April 1847

Remaining in command

Turkey, Ottoman. An Austrian Manufactured War Medal, c. 1916 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Army Officer's Bullion Eagle forInstituted in 1915. Five pointed red star, each arm finished with ball finials, obverse centre shows a raised crescent moon encircling the Tugra (cipher of Sultan Mehmed V), reverse horizontal pinback, 51. 5 mm (h) x 54. 2 mm (w), Austrian made, evidence of chipping on red enamel, good fair condition. Footnote: The Ottoman War Medal is a military decoration awarded by the Ottoman Empire. It was instituted by Sultan Mehmed V on 1 March 1915 for