United Nations: Service Medal. Turkey issue in Turkish language. With clasp 'Kore' (Korea)

The corded silk medal riband retaining it's original mounting bar, with hinged pin and clasp fittings

Turkish Contingent in Korea: Overall losses for the Turkish Brigade in Korea were 721 x killed in action, 2,111 x wounded and 168 x missing. Among the losses was a Turkish pilot, Muzaffer Erdönmez, who piloted a US B-26 and was shot down over Wonch Ang-nı while bombing the railroad tracks. A total of 14,936 men served in the brigade between 1950 and 1953 with about 5,455 soldiers in Korea at any one time. The United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Busan, South Korea is the burial place for 462 of those casualties.Two memorials to the Turkish soldiers are at the cemetery

A scarce issue to find in choice condition on the market

Condition: EF

Code: 22439