Austria, Imperial. A Bravery Medal, Gold Grade, C. 1916 Auction Archive minted in very small numbers

minted in very small numbers in early 1990's

the brown enamels lacquered

marked “Heinz Peuckner Grünberg Schl

the two D-rings linked by a two-piece shoulder strap with a smooth finished brown upper and raw underside

Austria, Imperial. A Bravery Medal, Gold Grade, C. 1916 Auction Archive minted in very small numbers(Tapferkeitsmedaille in Gold). Instituted on 19 August 1789. (1866 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, the obverse depicting a rightward facing bust of Franz Joseph I circumscribed by name and title, the reverse inscribed DER TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY), on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, with magnetic metal hook and loop, marked BRONZE on the rim, measuring 40. 30 mm in diameter, weighing 22. 6 grams, in extremely