Ottoman Uniforms

Yeah, I have a poor condition cut down Turkish bayonet that I use to cut boxes. Belt buckles are possible to come by, many fakes though...

What's the small brass thing?
 
ussguppy said:
Yeah, I have a poor condition cut down Turkish bayonet that I use to cut boxes. Belt buckles are possible to come by, many fakes though...

What's the small brass thing?
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It is a Type 2 grenade fuse, I found it and the pants in Down Under. There are two versions, but mine is the rarest of the two.
 
Pieces from a largely forgotten theatre of WW1 although not by the Turks, Aussies and Kiwis. My Scottish grandfather fought at the Dardanelles with the HLI . Ironically in 1918, a large dance hall and bowling alley called the "Dardanella" was built in Wasaga Beach Ont. CN just north of me....any connection?? :unsure:
 
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ussguppy said:
I have never seen a kabalak for sale. Idk how much they would even go for... I'll keep a lookout.
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They are not CHEAP, lol. I know the guy who has one in the US, paid $7,000 for one of his, and it's in sub-par condition.

The second guy has his currently for sale and wants $20,000 for it. It's in BEAUTIFUL condition, and even has Gallipoli as well as Palestine provenance. He told me it's in the best condition of any ever found in Turkey.

The kabalaks in the Hisart and Harbiye museums in Istanbul don't even have anything to match the condition of his.

I would appreciate that! Could you tell me about the ones you know of in private collections, that are not for sale? Do you know where any tunics or other uniform pieces are?
 
b.loree said:
Pieces from a largely forgotten theatre of WW1 although not by the Turks, Aussies and Kiwis. My Scottish grandfather fought at the Dardanelles with the HLI . Ironically in 1918, a large dance hall and bowling alley called the "Dardanella" was built in Wasaga Beach Ont. CN just north of me....any connection?? :unsure:
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What I thought where you were going with that was, that your grandfather was part of the Newfoundland regiment, that was sent during the Sari Bair offensive to help push out of the beach head. Many forget that Canadians, Nepalese, Senegalese, French, Irish, Scottish and Indian soldiers took part in the Gallipoli Campaign as are often overshadowed by the battles partaken by Kiwi and Aussie troops.


I have no personal connection to the battle, but I do have several family members on my dad's side who fought, as well as one even dying during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. They were all a part of the American Expeditionary Forces.
 
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