Austria, Imperial. A Franz Joseph Bravery Medal, Gold Grade Medal Hold all of which is mounted

all of which is mounted to an eight-pointed silver gilt base

Constructed of cupal with aluminum and enamels

and matching Wehrmacht Medical (Sanitäter) Enlisted Man shoulder boards

but missing its catch - with period thin copper wires spun around the catch

going parallel to the Russian line

Austria, Imperial. A Franz Joseph Bravery Medal, Gold Grade Medal Hold all of which is mountedA Bravery Medal, Type IV (Franz Joseph, 1914 1917). In bronze gilt, the obverse bearing Franz Joseph, the reverse bearing the inscription DER TAPFERKEIT, with older style Stielhenkelose suspension, measures 40. 1mm in diameter, worn on original ribbon demonstrating heavy wear and fraying of white silk, heavy gilt wear, and edge bruising, in near very fine condition.