Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Archive a Wireless Telegraphist (Trained Operator)

a Wireless Telegraphist (Trained Operator) trade badge in gold-coloured bullion wire on a black wool base

bearing a central machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire inscription of “THÜRINGEN” in Gothic script

a piece of red felt placed behind the voided area of the centrepiece and secured in place via two bronze tabs

The quality and rarity of the order suggest that a small number of these insignia were commissioned by a Priest or Bishop at the canonisation of Saint Rita of Cascia in 1900

while three bear raised double Sig runes

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Archive a Wireless Telegraphist (Trained Operator)A 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