Austria, Imperial. A Lot of Four Bravery Medals Auction most of the silver finish

most of the silver finish has been lost and minor oxidation is evident

the reverse bears a crowned shield with oak leaf sprigs tied in a ribbon at the bottom around it

Footnote: According to Sascha Weber’s 2008 “The Infantry Assault Badges”

1916 he was on the Eastern Front

Austria, Imperial. A Lot of Four Bravery Medals Auction most of the silver finish(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.