scattered chipping in the wash
in die stamped silvered metal
missing pinback)
Medal Awards List for the Distinguished Service Medal and the First World War Trio
with all three prongs fully intact but bent
Austria-Hungary, Empire. A Bravery Medal, Type Ix, I Class In Silver certificate_of_authenticity scattered chipping in the wash(Tapferkeitsmedaille, I. Klasse in Silber). Instituted 19 July 1789. (1916 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Emperor Charles, circumscribed by name and title in Latin, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FORTITUDINI (BRAVERY), set within a laurel leaf wreath overlaying standards, the obverse engraver marked KAUTSCH for Heinrich Kautsch, Vienna,