Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Ottoman War Medal, by B.B. & Co. Auction enamel chipping on lower right

enamel chipping on lower right star point

to reward those who had served the Napoleonic cause in Spain

Defence Medal (40219 J

60 mm (w) x 45

(Spomenica srpsko-bugarskog rata)

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Ottoman War Medal, by B.B. & Co. Auction enamel chipping on lower right(Harp Madalyas). Constructed of silvered tombak with enamels, consisting of a five pointed star completing in ball finials, the obverse with red enameled arms demonstrating a classic strawberry seed style pattern, 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 affixed with a two piece suspension apparatus consisting of a rectangular base plate