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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 369

Honours and Awards Bestowed Upon Captain T. Zlocisti, Chief Medical Officer of the Red Cross Mission in Constantinople in the Great War a) Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, First Class breast Badge, silver and iron centre, maker´s mark on retaining pin, in box of issue b) Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast Badge, silver and iron centre c) Germany, Prussia, Red Cross Medal, Second Class, silver and enamel d) Germany, Prussia, Red Cross Medal, Third Class, bronze e) Austria, Empire, Cross of Merit, First Class breast Badge, with crown, gilt and enamel f) Austria, Empire, Red Cross Decoration, Second Class breast Badge, silver and enamel, with War Decoration wreath g) Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Red Crescent Medal, silver and enamel, with silver and enamel suspension bar and Oak Leaf Cluster on riband h) Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli Star 1915, silver and enamel, of German manufacture i) Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fourth Class breast Badge, 73mm including Star and Crescent suspension x 58mm, silver, gold applique, and enamel, with mint mark and silver marks on reverse, with case of issue, nearly very fine or better, mounted as worn in this order, with the recipient´s riband bar; an additional Gallipoli Star; a Prussian Verdienstkreuze; and the following documents &c.: - The recipient´s parchment identity pass, dated 19.8.1918 - Photograph of the recipient (11) Estimate £ 1,200-1,500 Captain Theodor Zlocisti was born in Borchestowa, East Prussia, in February 1874, and was educated at the University of Berkin, where he read medicine. He graduated as a Doctor in 1900, and practiced his profession throughout his life, first in Berlin and then after the Great War in Tel Aviv and Haifa. During the Great War he was the Chief Medical Officer of the Red Cross Mission in Constantinople and Director of the Red Cross Hospital. Zlocisti took a profound interest in East European Jewry and Yiddish literature, playing a leading role in the Zionist movement in Germany, and publishing a number of German translations of works by Yiddish authors. Whilst at University he was secretary of the Young Israel Society in Berlin, and attended the First Zionist Congress. He died in Haifa in 1943.

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