Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Hejaz Railway Medal, Iii Class, Reduced Version, C.1910 Newly Listed van WIELIK HOFLEVERANCIER 'S HAGE"

van WIELIK HOFLEVERANCIER 'S HAGE" on the inside lid and on the bottom

before being transferred and promoted to 2nd Lieutenant with the 8th Battalion London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

with scattered surface wear on the brass hardware

but traces of it remains around the lettering and in the void of the crown

A 1934 Hamburg/Hein Godenwind HJ Aufmarsch Einweihung der Jugendherberge badge (8

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Hejaz Railway Medal, Iii Class, Reduced Version, C.1910 Newly Listed van WIELIK HOFLEVERANCIER 'S HAGE"(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