Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, C.1918 Archive Hesse: Sassia Veteran's Badge (die-stamped

Hesse: Sassia Veteran's Badge (die-stamped brass with red

one is 1/20 silver filled

stamped aluminum national tri-color cockade

measuring 37 mm x 46 mm

and circumscribed by an inscription of “AUSZEICHNUNG FÜR DEN BESTEN SCHÜTZEN” (“AWARD FOR THE BEST MARKSMEN”)

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, C.1918 Archive Hesse: Sassia Veteran's Badge (die-stamped(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted 20 February 1915 by Duke Ernst II. (1918 1919 issue). Constructed of zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised Cross Patte bearing a central Saxon coat of arms, flanked by a date of 1914, the reverse with a central monogram of Duke Ernst II, unmarked, measuring 31. 03 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 6 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in extremely fine condition.