a number of points included in his account awaiting further clarification, notably his mention of another British naval vessel that he claimed to have sunk and believed to be the actual ship commanded by Charles Rumney Samson; HMS Dard. Decorations and awards Ottoman Order of Merit, 2nd class Subsidize the Navy Medal - given for services and assistance to the Ottoman Navy The badge of the pilot of the plane that was shot down by him in Çanakkale was given to Mustafa Ertuğrul as a souvenir. Austria 305 numbered commemorative badge mortars top union Canakkale Iron Cross (Germany) Medal of Independence (Turkey) Order of merit (Prussia) Cedit Girid Medal [Note 2] Battle of Galicia medal Military Medal for actions at Canakkale, Galicia, the Caucasus, Iraq and Egypt References 1892 births 1961 deaths Military personnel from Chania Cretan Turks Ottoman Imperial School of Military Engineering alumni Ottoman Army officers Ottoman military personnel of World War I Turkish military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 2nd class Recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red Ribbon (Turkey) Recipients of the Liakat Medal