Austria, Empire. An Officer’s Bravery Medal - I Class, Karl I Variant (1917-1918 Issue) visually-hidden (1921-1941)

(1921-1941)

a copper band placed between the two upper brass bands

The document is dated to Berlin on November 23

pasted to an off-white card stock backer and situated above von der Heydte’s handwritten signature in blue ink

Austria, Empire. An Officer’s Bravery Medal - I Class, Karl I Variant (1917-1918 Issue) visually-hidden (1921-1941)(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 17th, 1789. Karl I Variant (1917 1918 Issue). A Bravery Medal I Class, consisting of a round medal constructed of silver, with a pierced ball suspension and a swivel ring for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon bearing a metal K for officers, the obverse with a rightward facing effigy of Karl I circumscribed by his name and title, the reverse inscribed Fortitudini (Fortitude) within a laurel