Badge and star: Order of the Medjidie, 2nd class

Awarded to Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford. Badge: A cut silver star of seven points, between the arms are seven small crescents and stars. In the centre is the Sultan's cypher on a gold ground; surrounded by a crimson enamelled band with a Turkish inscription. Suspended by a crimson ribbon with two narrow green stripes. Star: Obverse of badge without crescent and star superimposed on a silver plaque.

Object Details

ID: MED2169
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Order
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Stopin, Paul
People: Bedford, Frederick George Denham
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: badge: 84 x 61 mm; star: 82 mm
Parts: Badge and star: Order of the Medjidie, 2nd class