Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A 1St Crete Campaign Medal, C. 1869 Buy Now Class of 1943

Class of 1943

Painted in black ink on the red rectangle is the owner's name

Oldenburg: Friedrich August Cross (blackened iron

Breast 40-41

The 78th Infantry Battalion was raised and mobilized in Winnipeg

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A 1St Crete Campaign Medal, C. 1869 Buy Now Class of 1943(Atik Girid Madalyasi). Instituted in 1868. In a round medal in silver, obverse featuring an upward facing crescent moon and the cypher of Sultan Abdulaziz, the reverse presents the island of Crete under the inscription Girid (Crete) and the date 1285 (1869 AD), measures 36. 71mm (w) x 36. 76mm (h), weighs 26. 2 grams (including ribbon), suspended from a thin rectangular bar and worn on an incorrect ribbon, dark patina, light edge bruising, very fine