Turkey, Kingdom. A Medjidie Order, III Class Commander Newly Listed including both brass and gold

including both brass and gold versions

the son of Colonel George Thairs of Ridley College

measuring 27 mm (w) x 210 mm (l)

bearing two rows of silver aluminum wire piping interspersed with dark brown threading

The oxidized body of the scabbard is magnetic with few contact marks

Turkey, Kingdom. A Medjidie Order, III Class Commander Newly Listed including both brass and gold(Mecidi Nisani). Instituted late 1851. (c. 1920 issue). Of multi piece construction, crafted out of silver and consisting of a seven pointed multi rayed star, each of the arms with multiple faceted rays, and with a crescent moon and star in between each arm, the obverse with a gilded silver centerpiece showing the Sultan Abdul Meijids royal cypher surrounded by a Turkish inscription within red enamels, the reverse plain with two silver test marks and