Ocean liner Ship Paquebot Alger City Marseille Rare Sipahi, Man Sward Hors 1830 1935 Bronze Medal Start Price USD 349.00 Current Price USD 349.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 15, 2008 End Time Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Location Antibes See more about 'Ocean liner Ship Paquebot Alger City Marseille Rare ' Description Ocean liners Ship Paquebot Alger City Marseille Orientalist Man Sward On Hors 1830 1935 Bronze Medal By Delamarre Commemorative Bronze Medal Engraver Raymond Henri Philippe Delamarre (1890 – 1986) Metal Corn Of Plenty Weight 151.90 gr. Dimension 70 mm Thickness 9 mm Condition Excellent, 100% Authentic Struck, Very Nice Patina The Sipahis were an élite mounted force within the Six Divisions of Cavalry of the Ottoman Empire. The Sipahis' status resembled that of the knights of medieval Europe. The Sipahi was the holder of a fief of land (تيمار tîmâr; hence the alternative name Tîmârlı Sipahi) granted directly by the Ottoman sultan, and was entitled to all of the income from that land, in return for military service. The peasants on the land were subsequently attached thereto. The Sipahis were originally founded during the reign of Murad I. Although the Sipahis were originally recruited, like the Janissaries, using the devshirmeh system[1], by the time of Sultan Mehmed II, their ranks were only chosen from among the ethnic Turks who owned land within imperial borders. The Sipahi eventually became the largest of the six divisions of the Ottoman cavalry. The duties of the Sipahis included riding with the sultan on parades and as a mounted bodyguard. In times of peace, they were also responsible for the collection of taxes. The Sipahis, however, should not be confused with the Timariots, who were irregular cavalry organised along feudal lines and known as "sipahi"s colloquially. In fact, the two formations had very little in common.  Sipahis at the Battle of Vienna, 1683A tîmâr was the smallest unit of land owned by a Sipahi, providing a yearly revenue of no more than 10,000 akçe, which was between two and four times what a teacher earned. A ziamet (زعامت) was a larger unit of land, yielding up to 100,000 akçe, and was owned by Sipahis of officer rank. A has (غاص) was the largest unit of land, giving revenues of more than 100,000 akçe, and was only held by the highest-ranking members of the military. A tîmâr Sipahi was obliged to provide the army with up to five soldiers, a ziamet Sipahi with up to twenty, and a has Sipahi with far more than twenty.     The spahis in Algeria   These riders are recruited by Youssouf first called "indigenous hunters" and then "Mamelukes," before taking the name "Spahis." Their existence is formalized by four pieces of legislation: -- Law of March 9, 1831 authorizes the generals commanding the occupied countries to train military corps composed of natives and foreigners. This is the first consecration infantrymen, Zouave, indigenous hunters, legionnaires ... ; -- An order of 10 September 1834 requires training in Algiers of a body of indigenous riders under the name spahis regular; -- Ordinance of 7 December 1841 creates a single body of indigenous riders. East and regularized their jobs for over ten years by the french expeditionary corps in Algeria; -- Ordinance of 2 July 1845 created three regiments spahis: the 1st regiment of Algerian spahis in Algiers; the 2nd Regiment spahis Algeria in Oran; the 3rd regiment of Algerian spahis to Bône. These formations are covered with glory in almost all the fighting that dot the conquest of Algeria and contribute significantly to the success of weapons of France.     Ville d'Alger 1935-1966   As built in 1935, the Ville d'Alger and her sister Ville d'Oran were two of the most ludicrously over-funnelled ships ever. The second dummy funnels were removed in 1939 when they were used as troopships. They were 461ft long, 10172grt and carried up to 500 berthed passengers. The sisters were built for the express service from Marseille to Algiers, and ran on this service throughout their lives with CGT. They were then sold to Typaldos Lines, but this second life was cut short when Typaldos became bankrupt in 1968. Both sisters were sold for scrap.   A superb official CGT card issued when Ville d'Alger was new. The sisters were just over 10000grt, and could berth 500 passengers, although many deck passengers could be carried in summer. An ocean liner is usually a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo, and may sometimes be used for other purposes (e.g. for pleasure cruises or as troopships). Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes referred to as liners. The category does not include ferries or other vessels engaged in short-sea trading, nor dedicated cruise ships where the voyage itself, and not transportation, is the prime purpose of the trip. Nor does it include tramp steamers even if equipped to handle limited numbers of passengers, nor other cargo vessels (although many shipping companies refer to themselves as "lines" and their container ships, which often operate over set routes according to established schedules, as "liners"). Ocean liners typically were strongly built with high freeboards to withstand sea states and adverse conditions encountered in the open ocean, and had large capacities for fuel, victuals, and other stores which would be consumed on voyages which took from several days to several weeks.   Ocean liners were the primary mode of intercontinental travel for over a century, from the mid-19th century until they began to be supplanted by airliners in the 1960s. In addition to passengers, liners carried mail and cargo. Ships contracted to carry British Royal Mail used the designation RMS. Liners were also the preferred way to move gold and other high value cargos.   The busiest route for liners was on the North Atlantic with ships traveling between Europe and North America. It was on this route that the fastest, largest and most advanced liners travelled. But while in contemporary popular imagination the term "ocean liners" evokes these transatlantic superliners, most ocean liners historically were mid-sized vessels which served as the common carriers of passengers and freight between nations and among mother countries and their colonies and dependencies in the pre-jet age. Such routes included Europe to African and Asian colonies, Europe to South America, and migrant traffic from Europe to North America in the nineteenth and first two decades of the twentieth centuries, and to Canada and Australia after the Second World War.   World Wide: v Shipment and “Insured for 65 $ usd” In  Regidtered Mail     12,00 $ To France: ·       Fees for shipment And “Insurance (15 $ Usd)” In Lettre Max. 5,00 $ ·       Fees for Shipment And “Insurance ( item Value )” Colissimo  12,00 $     Return Policy: I offer 7 day return policy. You will have seven days from receipt, to examine and decide to keep the Item or not. 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