Your thoughts on this unusual award. I know what it is supposed to be but?

[Gordon Craig]

Gentlemen,

I am new to Turkish medal collecting and have come across this piece for  sale.  Doesn't match any Medjidie that I am aware of.  A fake or possibly a German made piece after WWI?

Regards,

Gordon

 

[Ulsterman]

Ask Demir. He often haunts the TWM site on Facebook. 

[Gordon Craig]

Ulsterman,

Thanks.

Regards,

Gordon

 

[Ulsterman]

The more I look at this, the more I go hmmmmmmmmmm.......almost like a piece of Coro had a tughra inner core added. Yet, too complex and nice- and unique to be costume jewelry methinks.

Owain? Owain?

By the way Gordon, how's the Hungarian collecting going? I had lunch with one of Pal Mater's' insurgent body guards yesterday.  He has an album of unpublished photos of '56- before Andropov dropped the hammer. 

[Gordon Craig]

Ulsterman,

I haven't much of anything Hungarian since I returned to Canada from Hungary.  A few badges here and there.

Regards,

Gordon

 

[avsaribar]

Hello Gordon , 

That piece which you pictured is once up on a time ( better to say "was" ) a 5 th class original Ottoman Mint made Medjidie .

but one of the most tired example i saw in my life ... Many things happened to it , it is nothing related with coro ... It is not German later made , it is Ottoman made one .... Then first it lost his crescent and star , his enamels are nearly all broken and then re-painted again ( not re-enamelled ) ... Meanwhile some body or the owner decide to add a pin to the back to hang it or use it as a brooch maybe ... They also cut the loop where the crescent and star connecting from it's silver body ...

and so on ...

best Wishes , 

Avsar Ibar

[Gordon Craig]

Avsar Ibar,

Thanks very much for your comments.  I noted the problems with the enamel etc and told the vendor.  He assured me that it was just cracked enamel which is obviously not the case.

Regards,

Gordon

 

[oamotme]

Indeed it is a poor thing - it has seen better days and now scrap! Owain