Turkey, Republic. A Red Crescent Organization Medal Newly Listed Instituted 1863 by Prince Günther

Instituted 1863 by Prince Günther Friedrich Carl II

presenting minor stained in the star

the reverse depicts a right-facing goat with a laurel on the left with “Dem Verdienfe” (The Merit) written in fraktur script on the right

March 1938

silvering wear on the central Ustacha insignia

Turkey, Republic. A Red Crescent Organization Medal Newly Listed Instituted 1863 by Prince Günther(Hilel I Ahmer Madalyasi). Organization founded in 1868 during the Ottoman Empire. In silvered and gilt bronze with red and white enamels, unmarked, measuring 28. 5 mm (w) x 31. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, intact enamels, light wear evident on the reverse, original ribbon suspended from a hanger with fob, near extremely fine.