Austria, Imperial. A Gold Grade Bravery Medal, C.1916 Auction Archive 208 mm x 296 mm)

208 mm x 296 mm)

Nova Scotia on the 14th

Saint-Lô had fallen to Germany in 1940

The task force made good time along the Reichsstrasse 26 through the Spessart Forest

marke on reverse

Austria, Imperial. A Gold Grade Bravery Medal, C.1916 Auction Archive 208 mm x 296 mm)(Goldene Tapferkeitsmedaille). Type IV Issued 1914 1916. A round gilt bronze medal, the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Franz Joseph, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit (German For Bravery), within a laurel wreath, marked bronze on edge, on a loop for suspension from a correct replacement ribbon, measuring 40. 29 mm in diameter; weighing 21. 3 grams without ribbon; in very fine condition.