Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914-15 Star (Sagh George Eff Ekmekjian. Med: Corps E.A.) minor official corrections, very fine, rare to unit £80-£120

M.C. London Gazette 23 November 1916.

George Effendi Ekmekjian served during the Great War as a Saghkolaghasi (the equivalent of a Captain) in the Egyptian Army’s Medical Corps, attached to the Intelligence Branch, in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 21 May 1915. For his services with the Intelligence Branch he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 25 September 1916) and was awarded the Military Cross.

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Note: The name ‘Effendi’ is more of an honorific, and means a man of high education and social standing.