Turkey, Kingdom. A Medjidie Order, III. Class Commander, c. 1920 visually-hidden with minor material fatigue evident

with minor material fatigue evident to the binding

flying the world’s most unforgiving terrain

situated above a skull of Adam

the Mariaberg Institute near Reutlingen

Turkey, Kingdom. A Medjidie Order, III. Class Commander, c. 1920 visually-hidden with minor material fatigue evident(Mecidi Nisani). Instituted late 1851. (c. 1920 issue). Of multi piece construction, crafted out of silver and consisting of a seven pointed multi rayed star, each of the arms with multiple faceted rays, and with a crescent moon and star in between each arm, the obverse with a gilded silver centerpiece showing the Sultan Abdul Meijids royal cypher surrounded by a Turkish inscription within burgundy enamels, the reverse plain, with an unknown central