Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) Hold with various handwritten inscriptions and

with various handwritten inscriptions and postmarked stamps

Hedwig Hohmann

20 mm in diameter

the cap measures approximately 260 mm (w) x 275 mm (l) x 160 mm (h)

Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) Hold with various handwritten inscriptions and(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