Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Newly Listed and Ukraine Breast Badge for

and Ukraine Breast Badge for Veteran of the Great Patriotic War (in brass

The Battalion was raised in Western Canada with mobilization headquarters at Valcartier Camp

measuring 152 mm (w) x 200 mm (h))

wear evident on the fabric overlying the hinged area

the reverse with an integrated hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Newly Listed and Ukraine Breast Badge forA rare and exceptionally high quality example of a privately purchased Gallipoli Star (a. k. a. Turkish War Medal 1915), constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a five pointed star completing in ball finials, the obverse with red enameled arms, overlaid by a raised and silvered crescent, surrounding a silvered Tughra of Sultan Mehmed V above an Islamic calendar date of 1333 (AD 1915), the reverse with an elongated rectangular depression