Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Auction and their two sons perished

and their two sons perished in a plane crash near Ostend

" Pett later became a Prisoner of War and was housed at Stalag Camp 344

maker marked with the logo of Josef Feix and Söhne

It was at Ottawa that he spends nine days in Station Hospital from September 19 to 27

the coat of arms at 6 o’clock is loose

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Auction and their two sons perishedA 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