Young Turkish Military Cadet - later Officer
A photographic portrait of the (later) Commander of the 11th Kafkas Regiment (3rd Platoon) whilst a young cadet. The Islamic Army of the Caucasus (Turkish: Kafkas Islam Ordusu) was a military unit of the Ottoman Empire formed on July 10, 1918. The Ottoman Minister of War, Enver Pasha, ordered its establishment, and it played a major role during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I
Picture No
13791251
Media ID
45805664
Size
3441px x 5578px
(2.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Carte de Visite photograph by M Nicolaides, Istanbul
Date
circa 1890s
