Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Naval Breast Star, C.1922 Auction Archive 00 mm x 41

00 mm x 41

429 of her officers and enlisted men were killed or missing

All hands are gilded

a Hindenburg Cross

The ship was commissioned on September 21

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Naval Breast Star, C.1922 Auction Archive 00 mm x 41Insignia in bronze gilt with red and blue enamels, mounted to a silvered bronze eight pointed star base, measuring 87. 2 mm (w) x 86. 5 mm (h), vertical pinback, tiny chips evident in the blue enamels on the anchor, otherwise the enamels are intact, green oxidation spots on the reverse, centrepiece is loose versus the base, better than very fine. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders,