Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) GTRexclude bordered in Gold

bordered in Gold

with both sides having suffered heavy casualties

The QUEEN has been pleased by Warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual dated the 10th September 1963

1939-1945 Star (QX53053 L

"Credere Obbedire Combattere" : Frosted silver-nickel

Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) GTRexclude bordered in Gold(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 17th, 1789. Type I (1849 1859). A Bravery Medal, I. Class, consisting of a round medal constructed of silver, with a horizontally oriented oval fixed loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing effigy of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed Franz Joseph I Kaiser von Oesterreich in capital letters, the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit (For Bravery) within a laurel