Tunisia, Ottoman Empire. An Infantry Officer's Fez Plate, C.1865 Newly Listed an officers’ subcamp of Stalag

an officers’ subcamp of Stalag IV-A near Hoyerswerda

measuring 22 mm (w) x 19 mm (h)

Sixteenth Training Battalion

excellent quality enamels

Tunisia, Ottoman Empire. An Infantry Officer's Fez Plate, C.1865 Newly Listed an officers’ subcamp of StalagIn brass gilt, illustrating an oval bearing the cypher of Muhammad III as Sadiq, the Husainid Bey of Tunis (1859 1882), fronting a trophy of arms base, measuring 65. 3 mm (w) x 85. 8 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, maker marked "AXC" (Adrien Chaubillon, Paris) on the French made bronze replacement pin, missing its catch, light contact, scattered gilt wear, very fine. Footnote: The Tunisian beys, a Turkish title for chieftain,