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Auction: 8010 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 651

Turkey, Ottoman Empire, A Selection of 8 Unofficial Medals, 22mm-33mm, bronze, generally good fine or better Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Lapel Badges (2), bronze, very fine, both mounted on ribands (10) Estimate £ 100-150 After the declaration of the Second Constitution, which led to the fall of the Ottoman Empire, a number of organizations had unofficial medals and lapel pins privately struck and manufactured. Some had misshapen Sultan´´s tugras and revolutionary words like ´´equality´´, ´´liberty´´, and ´´justice´´. These items were purely commemorative, and usually manufactured in bronze or brass.

Sold for
£290