A chelengk (Ottoman Turkish: چـلنك; Turkish: çelenk; Turkish pronunciation: [t͡ʃɛlɛŋk]) was a military decoration of the Ottoman Empire. Originally a çelenk...
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Sir John, in any of the novels. He also received an elaborate diamond chelengk, earned in The Ionian Mission from the Turks, and mentioned in Treason's...
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bicorne hat. Horatio Nelson with his bicorn hat (complete with jewelled Chelengk decoration) in 1799. Napoleon Crossing the Alps at the Great St Bernard...
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Saint Alexander Nevsky (1792) Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (1798) Chelengk (1799) Order of Saint Januarius (1799) Golden Weapon (Septinsular Republic)...
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the Duke of Wellington, from the Victoria & Albert Museum and a jewelled chelengk, awarded to Lord Nelson, from the National Maritime Museum. Chatham gambled...
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luminous rays—seen in solar eclipses—diverging from the moon's edge. The Chelengk and Sarpech were similar Turkish military decoration. Look up aigrette...
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awarded Nelson the Order of the Turkish Crescent, as well as the diamond chelengk from his own turban, for Nelson's role in restoring Ottoman rule to Egypt...
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1948. Some diamonds were later recovered. Nelson's Chelengk Confirmed 1951 Nelson with the Chelengk in his hat A medal made of diamonds given to Admiral...
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star of the Order of St Alexander Nevsky and by the Ottoman Sultan with a chelengk, rarely awarded to non-Muslims. The capture of Corfu completed the Russo-Turkish...
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donativum received by the Janissaries on the accession of a new sultan. Tiraz Chelengk Khalat Stillmann 1986, p. 6. Stillmann 1986, p. 7. Stillmann 1986, pp. 6–7...
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