Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Naval Breast Star, C.1922 Auction Archive All hands are gilded

All hands are gilded

The ship was commissioned on September 21

with thirty-two pages of text printed in black ink

SS Schutzenabzeichen for 1st Class marksmanship - This SS sleeve insignia features a marksman target above crossed oak leaves

dark blue and brown enamels

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Naval Breast Star, C.1922 Auction Archive All hands are gildedInsignia in bronze gilt with red and blue enamels, mounted to a silvered bronze eight pointed star base, measuring 87. 2 mm (w) x 86. 5 mm (h), vertical pinback, tiny chips evident in the blue enamels on the anchor, otherwise the enamels are intact, green oxidation spots on the reverse, centrepiece is loose versus the base, better than very fine. This offering is a part of the "Dr. Albert Goodwin Collection", a preeminent assemblage of world Orders,