Austria, Imperial. A Silver Bravery Medal, First Class, Fourth Award, C.1916 Archive 1960-70 period

1960-70 period

War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords -  Bronze gilt

A handwritten note reads “Herbert Backe Staatssekretär” (State Secretary)

joining them in the field on the 17th

Royal Marines Light Infantry was born in Sligo

Austria, Imperial. A Silver Bravery Medal, First Class, Fourth Award, C.1916 Archive 1960-70 period1914 1917. (Silberne Tapferkeitsmedaille I. Klasse). A round silvered zink medal; the obverse depicting a rightward facing Kaiser Franz Joseph, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit (German For Bravery), within a laurel wreath within Austrian flags in the background; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with three repetition clasps; marked with a Vienna assay city mark on the rim of the medal;