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An unknown Ottoman cavalry officer on horseback wearing the Eiserner Halbmond
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An unknown Ottoman cavalry officer on horseback wearing the Eiserner Halbmond
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The portrait photo of an unknown German serving as an Ottoman fortress artillery officer. He is posed with his sword and wearing the Eiserner Halbmond
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Nice to learn about some, little known facts about this medal of valor.
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To the far left of this group photo stands an unknown German officer wearing the Eiserner Halbmond
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An unknown German officer on horseback wearing the Eiserner Halbmond
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An unknown German Oberleutnant with the surname Miller wearing the Eiserner Halbmond
(Hüseyin Rauf Orbay)
Born 27 July 1881 in Constantinople
Died 16 July 1964 in Constantinople
Rauf Orbay was awarded the Eiserner Halbmond as the Chief of Staff of the Ottoman Navy. As a child he attended a military school in Libya and then the Naval Academy in Constantinople. His first post in the Ottoman Navy sent him to Yemen and Samos. Then hr served in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. During the First Balkan War he served as Captain on the Ottoman cruiser Hamidiye battling Greek forces in the Mediterranean.
At the outbreak of the Great War, Rauf was sent as a special envoy to Afghanistan to garner support, but during this time he was also appointed commander of the Iran front. Next he became the Chief of Naval Staff during the Gallipoli Campaign. In 1917, he led a delegation that exchanged prisoners with Russia mediated in Denmark then to Russia in 1918 for the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk negotiating the Russian surrender. He was Minster of Navy and apart of the delegation that ended Ottoman participation in the war via the signing of the Armistice of Mudros.
He returned from a 10 year exile in Europe in 1935/1936, and joined the Turkish Parliament. During WW2, he assumed his last role as the Turkish ambassador in London.
Rauf Orbay - Wikipedia
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A photo taken in Turkey on 24 January 1918 showing an unknown German officer wearing the Eiserner Halbmond
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An unknown Ottoman officer
(Hüseyin Avni Bey)
Born in Manastir (now Bitola)
Died 13 August 1915 at Gallipoli
Hüseyin Avni Bey was an Ottoman Kolağası (Major) of 57'nci Piyade Alayı (57th Infantry Regiment) that was killed during the Battle of Gallipoli. His military career began after he graduated from military school as a Lieutenant in 1892. The 1897 Greco-Turkish War was the first campaign Avni participated in. Then he served in the First Balkan War. His last position before the Great War began was Deputy Commander of the 23rd Regiment.
In late February 1915 he succeeded Miralay Şemi Bey as commander of the 57th Infantry Regiment as they were being sent to Gallipoli. Avni led a successful counterattack to stabilize the Ottoman lines despite heavy casualties after Australian troops landed at Gallipoli on the 25 April 1915. On the morning of 13 August 1915, regimental officers gathered near the field hospital overlooking Anzac Cove. As artillery shells landed close by, Avni was wounded and had lost an arm. He would die shortly after and was buried nearby.
Huseyin Avni Bey - Wikipedia
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