Austria, Imperial. A Lot of Four Bravery Medals United Republic of with only minor contact marks

with only minor contact marks

sterling silver gilt and enamels

Radio Operator (T)

At the time this was the highest German military decoration

Austria, Imperial. A Lot of Four Bravery Medals United Republic of with only minor contact marks(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 19th, 1789. (1914 1916 Issue). A Bravery Medal I Class, a round silver medal, the obverse depicting a rightward facing effigy of Kaiser Franz Joseph of Austria, the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit (For Bravery) within a laurel wreath with banners at the base, measuring 40 mm in diameter, worn on original ribbon with single repetition bar, contact marks throughout, in overall very fine condition.