My Turkish War Medals

[Tan Berk]

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[Tan Berk]

Hello all,

I met a gentleman today, he is the grandson of Cpt. Mahmut Ülkenbay of the Ottoman Navy battleship Barbaros Hayreddin which was torpedoed by the British submarine HMS E11 on 8 Aug 1915 at Dardanelles. His grandfather miracleously survived the ship and swim ashore where he found out that he and the other few survivors had to walk back home to Istanbul because the navy scan not supply a rescue ship due to the submarines lurking around the Marmara sea.

Framed are the various medals and orders belonged to his grandfather and an original photograph showing the officers of the ship. He is on the far left of the second row standing from the back ( marked with a small X to his left).

I am excited about this story and water to share with you, for more information; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Ku...edrich_Wilhelm


SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm ("His Majesty's Ship Elector Friedrich Wilhelm")[a] was one of the first ocean-going battleships[b] of the Imperial German Navy. The ship was named for Prince-elector (Kurfürst) Friedrich Wilhelm, 17th-century Duke of Prussia and Margrave of Brandenburg. She was the fourth pre-dreadnought of the Brandenburg class, along with her sister ships Brandenburg, Weissenburg, and Wörth. She was laid down in 1890 in the Imperial Dockyard in Wilhelmshaven, launched in 1891, and completed in 1893 at a cost of 11.23 million marks. The Brandenburg-class battleships carried six large-caliber guns in three twin turrets, as opposed to four guns in two turrets, as was the standard in other navies.

Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm served as the flagship of the Imperial fleet from her commissioning in 1894 until 1900. She saw limited active duty during her service career with the German fleet due to the relatively peaceful nature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As a result, her career focused on training exercises and goodwill visits to foreign ports. These training maneuvers were nevertheless very important to developing German naval tactical doctrine in the two decades before World War I, especially under the direction of Alfred von Tirpitz. She, along with her three sisters, saw only one major overseas deployment, to China in 1900–01, during the Boxer Rebellion. The ship underwent a major modernization in 1904–05.

In 1910, Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm was sold to the Ottoman Empire and renamed Barbaros Hayreddin. She saw heavy service during the Balkan Wars, primarily providing artillery support to Ottoman ground forces in Thrace. She also took part in two naval engagements with the Greek Navy — the Battle of Elli in December 1912, and the Battle of Lemnos the following month. Both battles were defeats for the Ottoman Navy. In a state of severe disrepair, the old battleship was partially disarmed after the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers early in World War I. On 8 August 1915 the ship was torpedoed and sunk off the Dardanelles by the British submarine HMS E11 with heavy loss of life.

[Borzadow]

Nice story and proudly framed medals

What is the medal second from left ???

[Tan Berk]

Hey Borzadow

Nice to hear from you again,

It is an honorary medal to commemorate the first 10 years of the young Turkish Republic, I guess it was given to veterans who fought against the invading forces.

[Geof]

Wow, I can't believe I just walked through 26 pages of the most awesome TWM collection I have ever seen! Just amazing.

I had two relatives fight at Gallipoli, one WIA, the other died of disease. Last year I was fortunate to be able to travel through Gallipoli and Central Anatolia. I visited the usual spots on the Peninsula, Chunik Bair, Anzac Cove, Lone Pine.

In Izmir I was fortunate to find this example in a market.

By the way, I found the Turkish people uniformly kind, generous and always ready to laugh at my terrible language.

Cheers
Geof

[Tan Berk]

Hey Geof

Thank you for your kind words about the collection, I am glad you liked it and did not get bored to death scrolling the whole 26 pages!

Surprisingly you got a very good BB&Co star from Izmir, I never find good ones in local shops, I just hope you did not pay a fortune for it! If you have time and nothing else to do you can compare it to the ones I have for some manufacturing differences on their dedicated thread here;

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=749096

Thank you again for all your kind words and keep in touch,

Regards,
Tan

I have this book of Newfoundland Regiment who fought at Gallipoli, maybe it would interest you.

Wow, I can't believe I just walked through 26 pages of the most awesome TWM collection I have ever seen! Just amazing.

I had two relatives fight at Gallipoli, one WIA, the other died of disease. Last year I was fortunate to be able to travel through Gallipoli and Central Anatolia. I visited the usual spots on the Peninsula, Chunik Bair, Anzac Cove, Lone Pine.

In Izmir I was fortunate to find this example in a market.

By the way, I found the Turkish people uniformly kind, generous and always ready to laugh at my terrible language.

Cheers
Geof

[jules61]

Hi Gents!
Are these Pilot and U-Boot Badge from Turkey WW1....??
Thanks for yours opinions!
Gian.
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[Chip M]

They look to be Turkish badges. They have been reproduced since at least the 1970's, so one has to be very cautious when thinking of buying them. I don't have the expertise to tell you if they are original period examples or of more recent vintage. I'm sure you can get some opinions on that here.

[Tan Berk]

Yes they are Turkish all right but I don't have period ones to compare them with so I would be cautious. Th submarine badge has the Meybauer shield also!

[Kloster]

Thank you for the good pictures and continued effort showing the various items, good show - was looking at your topic because of a ribbon bar I'm looking at that may have the star award, but just as a Ribbon without anything attached.

Thanks agin.

Kloster

[Rich G]

Does anybody know this maker from Hamburg?

C.G. ULRICH

Not so much a maker but more a medal mounting service. I have seen a few imperial medal bars with this name attached to the reverse.

[Rich G]

Hi Tan

You have a massive and highly focused collection and as yet I have not had time nor the pleasure to go through every post but I have to say, the oversize Werner just does not look original to me and is exactly like the copies found on German eBay on a regular basis. I have seen very few original Werners (maybe 2) and the quality on them is immense. The quality of yours is just not even in the same galaxy.

As it been review at all in detail any where? I would like to know more about.

Rich

[Tan Berk]

Hey Rich

Thanks for your nice words on my collection, makes me so happy every time I hear things like this. I have to see another good Werner to compare mine but I think it has a better quality especially on the pin and catch mechanism and superior to the new ones. I got it from someone we all know and doubt sometimes so I can not go ahead and say it is one hundred percent period done but I have something more rare to find which is a photo of an oversize Werner in use! You can find it in this thread!

Tan

Hi Tan

You have a massive and highly focused collection and as yet I have not had time nor the pleasure to go through every post but I have to say, the oversize Werner just does not look original to me and is exactly like the copies found on German eBay on a regular basis. I have seen very few original Werners (maybe 2) and the quality on them is immense. The quality of yours is just not even in the same galaxy.

As it been review at all in detail any where? I would like to know more about.

Rich

[Tan Berk]

I have been very slow even at halt in collecting. Partly from my divorce and now my new hobby is burning all available extra cash but I am happy to have it, my new Yamaha Tenere. (This should have been at Die Knape )