chuck Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Hello, Is it possible for a Turkish Officer to be awarded a Prussian order? I acquired a Prussian crown order 3rd class with swords (Gold) on a trip to Istanbul. Unfortunately the gentlemen selling the order was more knowledgeable on the price of gold which is why he was selling the order. I understand there were very few awards in world war 1 of this specific order to Germans. Thank you greatly for all replies,Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IrishGunner Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Chuck, the short answer is "yes" - the Prussian Order of the Crown could be awarded to foreign officers, including Turks. For example, Kemal Atatürk was awarded the 1st Class order. That's about all I can say since I am not an expert in the Order. You may not have caught the eye of the German ODM experts since this is in the Turkey forum. I will put a link in the German sub-forum and hopefully it will catch an expert's eye and opinion.Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) Hello!I don´t know too much about medals, but here is a photo that shows turkish officers with the Iron Cross in Flandres Edited August 14, 2015 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Thank you for your replies. I had planned on posting a question on the imperial orders, and wanted to get opinions from both sides. Sincerely,Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedehansen Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Hello, Is it possible for a Turkish Officer to be awarded a Prussian order? I acquired a Prussian crown order 3rd class with swords (Gold) on a trip to Istanbul. Unfortunately the gentlemen selling the order was more knowledgeable on the price of gold which is why he was selling the order. I understand there were very few awards in world war 1 of this specific order to Germans. Thank you greatly for all replies,ChuckCiao Chuck,in this german Forum there is a thread with a photo from a turkish officerhttp://h2385226.stratoserver.net/wbb3/board3-epochenforum/board5-deutsche-orden-ehrenzeichen-auszeichnungen-bis-1918/64587-türk-offizier-mit-dt-orden/?highlight=türkischehis is wearing several classes from the Roter Adler OrdenKind regardsAndreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 Andreas, Thank you very much for your reply. i have ask if you have ever seen any award figures for the Crown Orders with swords to Turkish officer during the 1st world war?Cheers,Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedehansen Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Hi Chuck,I´ve found an award document for the Royal Crown Order 3rd Class withswords on the statutory ribbon.Awarded to kaiserlich türkischen Kapitänleutnant Mustafa Assaf on October 16th 1917.But this cross would have been from silver gilt.Kind regardsAndreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 Hi Andreas, Thank you, it does answer part of my question that the crown order was awarded to Turkish Naval officers during World War 1.Interesting perspective is O'Connor quote from Herr Willi Geile on the 3rd class Red Eagle Order with swords that most awards went to Oberstleutnant (Naval rank would be a Fregattenkaptian) during the 1st World War. For even a crown order 3rd class award to go Hauptmann would seem like a rather high award considering he was a foreign officer.cheers,chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demir Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Miralay (Colonel) Naci Eldeniz (in the middle) wears 2nd Class Königlicher Kronenorden Demir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted December 22, 2015 Author Share Posted December 22, 2015 thank you demir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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