Austria, Imperial. A Silver Bravery Medal, First Class, Fourth Award, C.1916 GTRexclude on a black wool backer

on a black wool backer (indicating a Panzer unit)

the reverse with the raised number “12” centrally within an oak wreath border

the silvering nearly fully intact

Erwin embarked Liverpool

20mm in length

Austria, Imperial. A Silver Bravery Medal, First Class, Fourth Award, C.1916 GTRexclude on a black wool backer1914 1917. (Silberne Tapferkeitsmedaille I. Klasse). A round silvered zink medal; the obverse depicting a rightward facing Kaiser Franz Joseph, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit (German For Bravery), within a laurel wreath within Austrian flags in the background; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with three repetition clasps; marked with a Vienna assay city mark on the rim of the medal;