Gallipoli Star

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Military medal issued by the Ottoman empire

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::summary Military medal issued by the Ottoman empire ::

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FieldValue
nameGallipoli Star
Harp Madalyası
imageGallipoli-star-unadorned.jpg
captionGallipoli Star badge.
countryOttoman Empire
typeDecoration
eligibilityTroops from the Central Powers
awarded_forGallantry in battle
campaignOttoman areas of engagement
statusObsolete
established
image2[[File:TUR Harp Madalyasi BAR.svg
caption2Ribbon bar
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The Ottoman War Medal () was a military decoration awarded by the Ottoman Empire. It was commonly known in English as the Gallipoli Star and in German as the Eiserner Halbmond (Iron Crescent, in allusion to the Iron Cross). It was instituted by Sultan Mehmed V on 1 March 1915 for gallantry in battle. This decoration was awarded for the duration of World War I to Ottoman and other Central Powers troops, primarily in Ottoman areas of engagement.

Design and composition

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The award includes a badge, ribbon and campaign bar.

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.

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 campaign bars were not originally for wear with the War Medal, but with the Imtiaz and Liakat Medals, but were often found worn on the ribbon of the War Medal. The campaign bar is a right-pointing parabola of white at 56mm in length and 7mm in height. In the field is red Arabic script denoting the specific campaign, among which were:

Wear

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When in formal dress, the badge was worn at the center, below the right breast pocket. Wear of the badge was exclusive; in everyday wear was substituted by the ribbon. The ribbon was worn from the second hole in the tunic button.

For Austrian and German awardees (often members of the Asienkorps), the award took lower precedence to their own Iron Cross 2nd class, and the ribbon of the Iron Crescent was placed beneath that of the Iron Cross.

The ribbon could also be fashioned into a chest riband for placement on a ribbon bar when in undress.

The campaign bar was usually not worn.

Notable recipients

Ottomans

Austro-Hungarians

Bulgarians

Germans

Others

Gallery

File:Gallipoli-star.jpg|Gallipoli Star badge with ribbon File:Gallipoli-star-ribband.jpg|Gallipoli Star riband File:Gallipoli-star-turkish.jpg|Gallipoli Star – Turkish manufacture File:Gallipoli-star-BBen Co..jpg|Gallipoli Star badge – B.B. & Co. File:Gallipoli-star-german Godet.jpg|Gallipoli Star badge – Godet File:Gallipoli-star-jhwerner.jpg|Gallipoli Star badge – J.H. Werner File:Mustafa Kemal, 1916.png|Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1916 with Ottoman decorations File:Kress von Kressenstein 1916.jpg|Friedrich Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein in Ottoman uniform. File:Camillo Ruggera (1885-1947).jpg|Camillo Ruggera in Austro-Hungarian uniform with Gallipoli Star. File:Pilot observer First Lieutenant Hellmuth Felmy (c. 1917).png|Pilot observer First Lieutenant Hellmuth Felmy (c. 1917) File:Rafael de Nogales Mendez in Otoman Uniform.jpg|Rafael de Nogales Mendez in Otoman uniform with Gallipoli Star. File:Rudolf Hoess, Auschwitz. Album Höcker (cropped).jpg|Rudolf Hoess, Auschwitz

References

  • Klietmann, Dr. Kurt-Gerhard, (1971): Deutsche Auszeichnungen: Ein Geschichte der Ehrenzeichen und Medaillen, Erinnerungs- und Verdienstabzeichen des Deutschen Reiches, der deutschen Staaten sowie staatlicher Dienststellen, Organisationen, Verbande usw. Vom 18. - 20. Jahrhundert. 2 Band. Deutsches Reich 1871- 1945. Berlin: Ordenssammlung.
  • ERMAN, M.Demir, (2012) Harp Madalyası - The Turkish War Medal - - http://demirerman.wix.com/turkish-war-medal
  • ERMAN, M.Demir, (2023) Osmanlı-Türk Madalya ve Nişanları 1801-1923 The Ottoman-Turkish Medals and Orders- - http://demirerman.wix.com/turkish-war-medal

References

  1. Kurt-Gerhard Klietmann: ''Ordenskunde – Beiträge zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen. Nr. 50.'' Die Ordens-Sammlung, Berlin 1976

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