Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver United Republic of where he remained until his

where he remained until his final honorable discharge on July 10

number engraved "15970" on the reverse

indicating maker to be Wilhelm Deumer of Lüdenscheid

(Kapitulationsurkunde)

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver United Republic of where he remained until hisA 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