Austria, Imperial. A Franz Joseph Bravery Medal, First Class Silver Medal, c.1880 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac excellent quality with polished highlights

excellent quality with polished highlights

circumscribed by “FÜR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914/15” (“FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914/15”)

the center medallion features a cyrillic monogram within a crowned curtain

in turn overlaying a sword

Austria, Imperial. A Franz Joseph Bravery Medal, First Class Silver Medal, c.1880 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac excellent quality with polished highlightsA Bravery Medal, Type IV (Franz Joseph, 1914 1917). In silver, the obverse bearing Franz Joseph, the reverse bearing the inscription DER TAPFERKEIT, with older style Stielhenkelose suspension, measures 40. 4 mm in diameter, worn on original ribbon demonstrating heavy wear and fraying of white silk, heavy gilt wear, and edge bruising, in fine condition.