An Imperial Austrian Bravery Medal; First Class, Officier's Issue Hold and it was probably on

and it was probably on this occasion that Allen was mortally wounded - his official date of death being listed as 10 May

Mai 1945" (the date of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its Armed Forces)

one side illustrating an eagle with raised wings on top of crossed cannons plus a picklehaube above

one of them a Sturmbannführer

2nd Class - Fine period strikings from an old miniature collection: George VI

An Imperial Austrian Bravery Medal; First Class, Officier's Issue Hold and it was probably onType Karl I 1916 1918; In silver, First Class, measuring 40 mm, "Kautsch" under the bust, with silver "K" on the ribbon (as issued to officers), extremely fine.