Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order Of Osmanieh Badge Archive engraved "BEN C

engraved "BEN C

very fine condition with some discolouration and pressure marks

Saskatchewan

canted swastika in it’s talons and a plain reverse

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order Of Osmanieh Badge Archive engraved "BEN C(Nishan i Osmania). Instituted in 1861. In silver with green enamels, converted to be worn as a pinback badge with the reverse now the obverse and illustrating a trophy of arms with the year in Eastern Arabic numerals "" = AH 699 (1299 1300 AD, the year of the creation of the Ottoman Empire), missing its original obverse centrepiece resulting in a hollow area on the reverse, measuring 64 mm (w) x 62. 5 mm (h), horizontal pinback, intact enamels, very