Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver United Republic of and as a recruit swimmer

and as a recruit swimmer

number engraved "15970" on the reverse

(Kapitulationsurkunde)

indicating maker to be Wilhelm Deumer of Lüdenscheid

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver United Republic of and as a recruit swimmerA 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