Turkey Ottoman Empire WW1 Red Crescent Medal for Merit Bronze Class with Clasp and Oak Leaves 1903 1922

Ottoman Empire (Turkey): WW1 Turkish Red 
Crescent Medal for Merit with Clasp and Oak 
Leaves Citation. 
Bronze (III) Class with white enamel bar with 
suspension pin on the reverse. 
This medal was the equivalent of the Red Cross 
Medal for the Ottoman Empire due to the fact that 
it was a Muslim Country. 
Inscribed "Humanitarian Aid" in Arabic letters. 
Under the inscription there is the Ottoman Sultan's 
Tughra. 
The medal was instituted in 1903 and was issued 
for outstanding meritorious frontline service to 
the Ottoman Red Crescent Association (founded 
in 1868). 
It was awarded until the establishment of the 
Turkish Republic, by Kemal Ataturk, in 1923. 
A very rare medal, especially with bars and oak 
leaves.

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WW1 1914 1918

Item 100% original

Condition as on the photos

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