Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) GTRexclude The cap measures 290 mm

The cap measures 290 mm (l) x 105 mm (h)

Luft 4 Gross Tychow (July 1944 to February 6

bordered in Gold

with both sides having suffered heavy casualties

Abteilung Luftwaffe at 8:30 am on February 4th

Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) GTRexclude The cap measures 290 mm(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