Tunisia, Ottoman Empire. An Infantry Officer's Fez Plate, C.1865 Auction the button illustrating a skull

the button illustrating a skull on the obverse

marked “RZM /52” (Deschler und Sohn

mounted to a ten-pointed silver gilt star base

as well as being a member of the Canadian Legion

to be utilized in guarding the prisoners of war within the borders of the Greater German Reich

Tunisia, Ottoman Empire. An Infantry Officer's Fez Plate, C.1865 Auction the button illustrating a skullIn 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,