each bisected by a light green threaded band
The quality and rarity of the order suggest that a small number of these insignia were commissioned by a Priest or Bishop at the canonisation of Saint Rita of Cascia in 1900
a piece of red felt placed behind the voided area of the centrepiece and secured in place via two bronze tabs
a Wireless Telegraphist (Trained Operator) trade badge in gold-coloured bullion wire on a black wool base
the Totenkopf retains one of its two reverse attachment prongs and is marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “M1/52” for Deschler & Sohn
Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Archive each bisected by a lightA 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
