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Communication concerning Ernest Abbott’s receiving the Ottoman Medjidiye decoration.

image courtesy of Melisa Urgandokur

Appears to be a translation to French from Ottoman script for ‘great services in the progression of the mining industry’, awarding Ernest Abbott the Medjidiye medal third class by order of the Sultan on 5th Ramazan 1315 [28 January 1898].

image courtesy of Melisa Urgandokur

On the same subject, the letter sent by the official Sultan’s office [kalem-i nişan-ı hümayun dairesi] announcing the conferring of a decoration [berat] on the English citizen Ernest Abbott resident in the Aydın district [Smyrna was later elevated to a district centre].