Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) Hold (1851-1918 issue)

(1851-1918 issue)

20 mm in diameter

bruising evident on the star point at 4 o'clock

numbered "822157" and marked "M" on the reverse

Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) Hold (1851-1918 issue)(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