Medal - Gallipoli Star - Harp Madalyası (Ottoman Empire)
The Gallipolli Star is a military decoration awarded by the Ottoman Empire. The medal, made of nickel-plated brass, has a vaulted star-shaped badge, 56 mm across the diagonal span of the arms. The tips of the star are capped by ball finials and enclosed in a raised silver edge with the field in red lacquer or enamel. A raised crescent, open at the top, encircles the center of the badge. Inside the crescent is the Tughra or cipher of the decoration's creator, Sultan Mehmed V Reşâd, over the date 1333 AH (AD 1915). The reverse is flat, unadorned and has a straight pin.
The original issue pieces of this award came in two varieties: silvered brass with red enamel and white metal with thin red lacquer. Those medals issued to officers were enameled and manufactured by a company that used the mark “BB&Co.“, a maker reputedly located in Berlin.The award includes a badge, ribbon and campaign bar.
The award was instituted by Sultan Mehmed V on 1 March 1915 for gallantry in battle. It was known as the Ottoman War Medal (Turkish: Harp Madalyası) or the Iron Crescent (from German Eiserner Halbmond, in allusion to the Iron Cross). This decoration was awarded for the duration of World War I to Ottoman and other Central Powers troops, primarily in Ottoman areas of engagement.
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Along with the badge came a ribbon with red and white stripes. The dimensions of the ribbon for combatants are: red 2.5 mm; white, 5 mm.; red, 29 mm.; white, 5 mm.; red 2.5 mm. For non-combatant awardees, the colors are reversed.
The Museum retains multiple copies of this award for contextual display in the World War 1 Galleries. Most examples were brought to Australia as war souvenirs by digger veterans of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (Light Horse and Imperial Camel Corps) campaigns in Sinai. Palestine and Syria
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
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