Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, II. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) GTRexclude Both the clasp and hanger

Both the clasp and hanger are in zinc

on loop for suspension with a silver hallmark for “900” silver content

Miniature Group: 1914-15 Star (bronze

1944 as its Wing Commander

Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, II. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) GTRexclude Both the clasp and hanger(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 17th, 1789. Type I (1849 1859). A Bravery Medal, II. 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