Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Galipoli Star, C.1915 GTRexclude Quebec when he signed his

Quebec when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Private (65987) with the 24th Infantry Battalion "Victoria Rifles"

measuring 43 mm (w) x 91 mm (h) with its suspension

marked "9" (9K Gold)

before being transferred to the Machine Gun Pool on February 7

six months prior to the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service merging to form the Royal Air Force on April 1

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Galipoli Star, C.1915 GTRexclude Quebec when he signed hisHarp Madalyas. Instituted in 1915. Of Turkish manufacture, in nickel plated brass with red patination, tughra of Sultan Mehmed V Red, over the date 1333 AH (AD 1915) within an upward facing crescent moon, ball finials on the tips of the star points, measuring 56. 2 mm (w) x 53. 3 mm (h), horizontal pinback, chipping and crazing evident in the red patination, better than very fine. Footnote: The Gallipolli Star was a military decoration awarded by the