Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the chevrons sewn in place

the chevrons sewn in place via yellow threading to a grayish-blue wool base

otherwise a scare decoration in extremely fine condition

Footnote: Robert Reuben Smyth was born on June 6

pierced by gilt crossed swords

3) An Austrian Anschluss Commemorative medal

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the chevrons sewn in placeA 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