Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Hejaz Railway Medal, Iii Class, Reduced Version, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity Iron Cross First Class 1914

Iron Cross First Class 1914 - Non magnetic (brass) center

the reverse stamped with the photographer’s stamps and marked with the name of the individual in the photograph (possibly “Danielsen”)

and S M Badge (bronze

Shorncliffe (dated January 30

measuring 218 mm x 45 mm

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Hejaz Railway Medal, Iii Class, Reduced Version, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity Iron Cross First Class 1914(Hamidiye Hicaz Demiryolu Madalyasi). Instituted in 1900. In nickel, measuring 30 mm in diameter, edge nicks, very light contact, original ribbon suspended from a hanger with dual prong pinback, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Hejaz Railway Medal was instituted in 1900 and struck to commemorate the opening of the new railway between Damascus and Mecca. Sultan Abdulhamid ordered the railway built, in order to have control over the Arabian Peninsula