Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order Of Osmanieh, I Class Grand Cross, C.1880 Archive with only minor enamel damage

with only minor enamel damage to green rays

A Military Merit Cross with War Decoration by V

3 mm (w) x 76

MEDITERRANEAN 1914

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order Of Osmanieh, I Class Grand Cross, C.1880 Archive with only minor enamel damage(Nishan i Osmania). Instituted in 1861. Type II with Green Enamels. Sash Badge: multi piece construction, in silver with red and green enamels, unmarked, inscribed in Arabic "Relying on the Assistance of Almighty God, Abdulaziz Khan, Sovereign of the Ottoman Empire" in Gold on the obverse centrepiece, reverse centrepiece with a trophy of arms with the year in Eastern Arabic numerals "" = AH 699 (1299 1300 AD, the year of the creation of the Ottoman