Turkey Help Identifyinf these pieces? PLease

[murat2010]

Hello every1, need help identifying these medals, never seen them before,.http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2010/post-9492-127051769801.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2010/post-9492-127051777568.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2010/post-9492-127051790112.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2010/post-9492-127051798531.jpg

[paul wood]

  On 06/04/2010 at 01:39, murat2010 said:

Hello every1, need help identifying these medals, never seen them before,.http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2010/post-9492-127051769801.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2010/post-9492-127051777568.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2010/post-9492-127051790112.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2010/post-9492-127051798531.jpg

The piece with the toughra on the obverse is an imitation of a gold 500 piastres of Abdul Hamid II and I suggest it was made at a local Turkish jewellers, the other is beyond my ken.

All the best,

Paul

[murat2010]

Thank you Paul, much appreciated.

with regards

  On 06/04/2010 at 16:18, paul wood said:

The piece with the toughra on the obverse is an imitation of a gold 500 piastres of Abdul Hamid II and I suggest it was made at a local Turkish jewellers, the other is beyond my ken.

All the best,

Paul

[oamotme]

The medal / medalet with the green and red ribbon is to my mind a souvenir or momento. I believe the inscription is from the Koran. Many of these were manufactured in Egypt and I have seen various examples bearing either inscriptions on both sides or even the head of Nasser, Ghadafi of Libya, Nimeiry of Sudan and even Imam Yahya of Yemen. The floral / leaf circular design appears to be common to most of these items. Despite what EBay vendors think - they should be cheap and cheerful.

Owain