Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order of Medjidie, III. Class Commander Neck Badge, c.1900 Auction Archive bearing a central medallion with

bearing a central medallion with the cypher “F

(Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen-Sportabzeichen)

Here is a rare example of the 1933 pattern SS dagger by the seldom seen exclamation mark

Footnote: Wilfrid Bain Groff was born on May 18

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order of Medjidie, III. Class Commander Neck Badge, c.1900 Auction Archive bearing a central medallion with(Mecidi Nisani). Instituted late 1851. (c. 1900 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 two unknown arabic