Risawoleska 1/1250 Ri900 SS Bandirma, Turkish mail ship, 1919

SS Bandirma is famous in Turkey for taking Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) to Samsun in May 1919 where he established the Turkish National Movement that led to the founding of the Turkish Republic. This 1/1250 scale metal model is of the original ship but a replica ship was built in 2001 and is a museum ship today.