Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Hejaz Railway Medal, Iii Class, Reduced Version, C.1910 Newly Listed marked "CB

marked "CB

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

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

He is confirmed on the First World War muster roll of the Royal Air Force and survived the conflict

1820 IN THE 60 YEAR OF HIS REIGN AND IN THE 82 YEAR OF HIS AGE"

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Hejaz Railway Medal, Iii Class, Reduced Version, C.1910 Newly Listed marked "CB(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