Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Ottoman War Medal, by B.B. & Co. Archive presenting stained white enamels

presenting stained white enamels

the reverse shows plain Gold arms as well as a white enamelled centre

the mother went to work in a munition factory

Several men were killed outright and others were wounded or burned by the expoloding shells

with two additional straps set into the exterior of the reverse just beneath the waistband

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Ottoman War Medal, by B.B. & Co. Archive presenting stained white enamels(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