Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Medal For Ottoman-Greek War Of 1897 Buy Now 1933) badge

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the main body of the 2nd Select Embodied Militia of 480 men

reaching the rank of Mechanic in January of 1945

Black Cartouche Box/ Pouch

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Medal For Ottoman-Greek War Of 1897 Buy Now 1933) badgeSilver, obverse with the tungra of Sultan Abdul Hamid II within a laurel wreath with rose, reverse inscribed in Arabic "Greek War, Day Sunday, 23rd of Zildake (11th month Hejira calendar), 1314 (1897AD)", measuring 24. 5 mm, without ribbon, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The immediate cause of the 1897 War was the question over the status of the Ottoman province of Crete, whose Greek majority desired its annexation to Greece and