Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order of the Medjidie, V Class visually-hidden A Pour-le-Merite Recipient U9 Otto

A Pour-le-Merite Recipient U9 Otto Weddigen Commemorative Ribbon - White silk ribbon screen-printed in black ink

85 mm x 180 mm

maker marked “Hosaeus” on the reverse

A set of two NSDAP golden party badges

finishing his Naval career on June 30

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order of the Medjidie, V Class visually-hidden A Pour-le-Merite Recipient U9 OttoInstituted in 1851. In silver with gold center, star has seven triple quills with small crescents and stars between each quill, obverse shows Sultan Abdul Mejids royal cipher surrounded by an inscription, inclusive of crescent moon suspension 73. 2 mm (h) x 58. 3 mm (w), on original striped ribbon, near mint condition. Footnote: The Order of the Medjidie was a military and knightly order of the Ottoman Empire instituted in 1851 by Sultan Abdlmecid I.