Description
protective bars running horizontally around the helmet's bottom edge with another protective bar running from front to back over the crown top
The elimination of the rolled rims signature to earlier models accelerated the manufacturing process and reduced the amount of material needed in each helmet
Footnote: Carroll Henry Manser was born on August 5
1917 and joined the Royal Navy on November 1
with only light contact marks on the enamels
Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order Of Osmanieh, Commander, C.1910 GTRexclude protective bars running horizontally around(Osmanl Devlet Nian). Instituted in 1862. Type II. A seven armed silver star with green enamels and ball finials, with clusters of three hand carved silver rays in each quadrant, obverse centre in red enamels featuring the calligraphic inscription "Relying on the Assistance of Almighty God, Abdulaziz Khan, Sovereign of the Ottoman Empire", with an upward facing crescent moon in silver gilt, reverse centerpiece in silver and bearing a trophy of arms