Austria, Imperial. A Silver Bravery Medal, First Class, Fourth Award, C.1916 Archive 1944 at RAF Ludford Magna

1944 at RAF Ludford Magna

War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords -  Bronze gilt

Royal Marines Light Infantry was born in Sligo

A handwritten note reads “Herbert Backe Staatssekretär” (State Secretary)

maker mark engraved "De Vigne Hart / 6

Austria, Imperial. A Silver Bravery Medal, First Class, Fourth Award, C.1916 Archive 1944 at RAF Ludford Magna1914 1917. (Silberne Tapferkeitsmedaille I. Klasse). A round silvered zink medal; the obverse depicting a rightward facing Kaiser Franz Joseph, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit (German For Bravery), within a laurel wreath within Austrian flags in the background; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with three repetition clasps; marked with a Vienna assay city mark on the rim of the medal;