demir Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Please identify this decoration Thanks Demir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stogieman Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Imperial Russian, St. Stanislaus Order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtwinVince Posted September 26, 2023 Share Posted September 26, 2023 Yes indeed, although those photos leave a little to be desired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 3rd class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demir Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 (edited) Hello, Thank you all. Yes I found it. Sorry for not including the main photo but another photo. In the main photo, it was worn on the neck. I found this website: https://www.identifymedals.com/database/medals-by-period/pre-ww1-medals/the-order-of-saint-stanislaus 1st class It is worn on a moiré red ribbon, the breadth of two and a half inches, double white stripes at the borders, worn over the right shoulder with the star on the left side of the chest. 2nd class Cross of the same form, as for the first class, but of lesser magnitude, worn around the neck, on a ribbon with a width of one or two inches. 3rd class Cross of the same form as the first two classes but worn in the buttonhole on the same ribbon with a width of five-eighths inches. According to this website the decoration is Second-class. Thanks again Demir Edited September 28, 2023 by demir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demir Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 Hello, When I compare the photo of the medal now with the Russian order, they don't look similar. I think the colored picture at the top is also not the medal on the black and white photo of the medal attached to collar of the uniform. Also, the photo was from WWI and Turkey was in war with the Russians. I think, the medal on the collar must be a decoration of the allies, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria I need your views please. Thanks Demir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
922F Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Demir, The cross in the image seems to flare out at the ends in the style of Bulgarian National Merit [Civil & Military Divisions] Order insignia [type of Pisan Cross] but has no suspension crown so probably not one of those--too smallfor a commander badge anyway. Looks like there may be either a wreath or some sort of connection between the arms OR the cross is superimposed on a round base.. Sorry not to be of more help for the present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91-old-inf-reg Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 I’d say it’s the Austrian military merit order commanders cross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demir Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 (edited) Thanks a lot. After all these comments, with your help and with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's list of military awards I think it is Austrian Militär-Verdienstmedaille mit Schwertern, II. Klassen Military Merit Medal with with War Decoration and Swords 2nd Class With Liman von Sanders on 31 October 1918 in Adana, Mustafa Kemal Pasha was appointed to the command of the Yıldırım Army Group, replacing Liman von Sanders. Best wishes Demir Edited September 29, 2023 by demir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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