This kepi has a reinforced sidewall and visor and is covered with two colours of twill wool
The seamen look to the rigging
were claiming they had a duty to protect the liberties that the people fought and gave lives for
maker marked with the stylized logo of the maker
depicting a double-winged wheel over a laurel leaf wreath
Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A War Medal Of 1915, By B.b. & Co. Hold This kepi has a reinforcedConstructed of silvered bronze, consisting of a five pointed star with each arm completing in a ball finial, the obverse with a red painted finish, bearing a central raised monogram of Sultan Mehmed V set within a crescent moon, the reverse with horizontal backplate featuring a horizontal pinback and rounded catch, the reverse maker marked B. B. & CO. for an unidentified manufacturer, measuring 57. 30 mm (w) x 54. 84 mm (h), weighing 28. 0 grams, in