Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) Newly Listed 93 mm x 139 mm)

93 mm x 139 mm)

measuring 148 mm (w) x 209 mm (l)

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reverse illustrating the Secretariat Building

Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) Newly Listed 93 mm x 139 mm)(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 17th, 1789. Type I (1849 1859). A Bravery Medal, I. Class, consisting of a round medal constructed of silver, with a horizontally oriented oval fixed loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing effigy of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed Franz Joseph I Kaiser von Oesterreich in capital letters, the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit (For Bravery) within a laurel