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- A chelengk (Ottoman Turkish: چـلنك; Turkish: çelenk, pronounced [tʃeˈlæɲc]) was a military decoration of the Ottoman Empire. Originally a çelenk was "a...
- the Duke of Wellington, from the Victoria & Albert Museum and a jewelled chelengk, awarded to Lord Nelson, from the National Maritime Museum. Chatham gambled...
- bicorne hat. Horatio Nelson with his bicorn hat (complete with jewelled Chelengk decoration) in 1799. Napoleon Crossing the Alps at the Great St Bernard...
- 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...
- Formal Chelengk Collar Livery collar Grand Cross / Grand Cordon with sash Medal Necklet Medal bar Medal ribbon Robe of honour Tiraz Other Rosette Award...
- 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...
- luminous rays—seen in solar eclipses—diverging from the moon's edge. The Chelengk and Sarpech were similar Turkish military decoration. Look up aigrette...
- 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...
- Saint Alexander Nevsky (1792) Order of Saint John of Jerusalem (1798) Chelengk (1799) Order of Saint Januarius (1799) Golden Weapon (Septinsular Republic)...
- 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...