Austria, Imperial. A 1849-1859 Medal For Bravery, Gold Grade (Collectors Copy) Auction surface wear and light contact

surface wear and light contact on the finial

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Charles Meredith Kittson

On 4 February

After a tense twelve weeks

maker marked "25" (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Graveur-

Austria, Imperial. A 1849-1859 Medal For Bravery, Gold Grade (Collectors Copy) Auction surface wear and light contact(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted 19 July 1789 by Emperor Joseph II. 1849 1859 Issue. Post 1945 Manufactured Collectors Copy) In cast bronze gilt, the obverse featuring a young facing left portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with the inscription DER TAPFERKEIT (TO BRAVERY), within a laurel wreath and above crossed standards, measuring 40. 50mm in diameter, with integral loop suspension on tri fold ribbon,