Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Auction The document is dated 6

The document is dated 6 September 1918

and their two sons perished in a plane crash near Ostend

The photos offered in this album depict von Richthofen while still an officer in the 1st Uhlans

Special Recommendation Letter by General der Flieger Pflugbeil to him for saving a shot down German crew between the lines

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Gallipoli Star, With Case, German-Made Example In Silver Auction The document is dated 6A rare and exceptionally high quality example of a privately purchased Gallipoli Star (a. k. a. Turkish War Medal 1915), constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a five pointed star completing in ball finials, the obverse with red enameled arms, overlaid by a raised and silvered crescent, surrounding a silvered Tughra of Sultan Mehmed V above an Islamic calendar date of 1333 (AD 1915), the reverse with an elongated rectangular depression