The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Turkish 1915 War Medal. Unnamed as issued. A five pointed star, point uppermost, with ball finials. Obverse: Enamelled red within the star. In the centre is an upturned crescent enclosing the toughra (Sultan's cypher), above the date 1333 in Arabic (1915). The reverse is plain and is fitted with a horizontal brooch pin. The medal has a piece of 30 mm red ribbon with two white side stripes, inset 2 mm from the edges.
Awarded for distinguished military service in a single class. The medal was issued in various qualities ranging from 800 silver with a red glass enamelled centre to zinc with a red painted centre. It is often incorrectly referred to as the Gallipoli or Turkish Star. Military personnel allied to Turkey during the First World War were also eligible to receive the medal. It could be worn from a ribbon or pinned to the left side of the tunic. This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916 and his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.
Turkish War Medal (1915), in the form of a slightly convex, silver plated brass, five-pointed star with flattened ball finials. The star is enamelled red and has textured silver edges. In the centre i
Five pointed star with ball finials and raised edges in nickel plated brass. The centre is enamelled red and bears a superimposed nickel plated brass crescent enclosing the toughra of the Sultan Mehme
Five pointed star with ball finials and raised edges in white metal. The centre is painted red and bears a superimposed white metal crescent enclosing the toughra of the Sultan Mehmet V and the Islami
Turkish Liyakat Medal (Medal of Merit), first instituted in 1890. A small circular silver medal suspended from ornate silver filigree wiring in five petal-like segments. Obverse bears the Ottoman trop
Turkish Crimea Medal - French issue. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: Map of the Crimea spread over the wheel of a cannon that is resting on the Russian flag. To the left are three cannon balls and a ramro
Italo Turkish War Medal 1911-12. Unnamed as issued. Obverse: The bust of Vittorio Emanuele III facing right with the inscription 'VITTORIO EMANVELE III RE D'ITALIA' around the circumference. Reverse: