France, Iii Republic. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Knight, C.1920 Buy Now A Turkish Order of Medjidie

A Turkish Order of Medjidie (Mecidiye)

The left panel is stamped with the acceptance markings but most of it has faded with time

measuring 113 mm (w) x 205 mm (h) x 40

as well as the Gallipoli Star

Thomas Henry Fowles was a resident of Oakville when he signed his Attestation Paper as a Sergeant (663418) with the 164th Infantry Battalion "Halton and Dufferin Battalion"

France, Iii Republic. An Order Of The Legion Of Honour, Knight, C.1920 Buy Now A Turkish Order of Medjidie(Ordre national de la Lgion d'honneur). Instituted 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte. Type VIII. (1870 1951 Issue). Of French manufacture, an enameled white five armed cross with ball finials in silver, featuring highly detailed laurel and oak wreath in each quadrant, obverse center featuring a superimposed Marianas portrait in Gold, surrounded by an elegant enameled blue ring inscribed REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE 1870, reverse centerpiece presenting period crossed