mahoni

Great collection. Thanks for showing. Can you post better photos of the screwback one?

thanks. Will try later on.

Hi Demir,

thank you for your comment on the collection.

Those two Turkish war medals are made by the same maker Sedlatzek, possibly for two different market or at different periods.

I will try to get better pictures later on.

Saygilar and good hunting for new medals.

Kimaho

On the back of of the srewback Star one can easily see the pressed out reverse image of the Tugra. It is not a makers mark.

Regards to all.

(Demir has got lovely Stars, tebrikler)

Wagner&Son reverse

Wagner&Son

Silver Sedladzek rev.

Silver Sedlatzek

Sedlatzek reverse

Sedlatzek

Sorry!it should have been this image.

Screwback

Screwback

Boxed Godet

More TWMs

I am trying to post some TWM pictures from my collection. Fingers crossed.

Hi Josef,

as far as I know this is one of many different bronze/copper unofficial Turkish medals which were struck to commemorate/celebrate the II Turkish constitution.(I guess It reads some thing like Kanuni esasi yadigari)

I am happy to be corrected if I am wrong,this is my personal opinion.

Regards

Hello,

here are some more fakes on ebay I believe,

Item:330257648131

330257645719

330257651710

330257658947

and more from the same seller

Regards to all

Mahoni

Hi Josef,

I am afraid that there are gray areas with Turkish medals and orders +dodgy orders with sabres as later additions.

Regards

Hi,

I did mention that not all Turkish orders with sabers would necessarily have this mark.

and I would like to Quote Edhem Eldem page 198 indicating similar comment on a 3rd class + 1st class medjidie order with Ottoman mint mark and above it an assay(tughra) mark for gold.

Regards

Dear josef,

Hope you don't mind my comment on this.

I believe the tughra mark above the Ottoman mint mark is an assay mark of the gold content used for the sabers which might explain seeing this mark on the orders with sabers,and it also helps identifying the period of the object.But at the same time it is worth mentioning that not all Turkish orders with sabers do have this mark.

Hi

The inscription on the TWM clasp reads as "Irak".

Regards

Mahoni

Hi,

The inscription on the TWM clasp reads as Irak.

Hello everyone,the mentioned star is a % 100 new ,fake whatever you call it.The guys auctioning it call themselves museum jewellers from Ukraine and they tried to flog another one before on ebay by using copyright ptotected pictures from www.majorplm.com/collections .Now they have changed tactics.