Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Ottoman War Medal, by B.B. & Co. Hold along with various research papers

along with various research papers

the particular number of cannonballs designating it as the unofficial type III version

The forearm of each arm bears three five-pointed stars

very attractive and very rare

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Ottoman War Medal, by B.B. & Co. Hold along with various research papers(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