Austria, Imperial. A Medal For Bravery, Gold Grade, By Georg Leisek, C.1917 Auction Archive 5 mm (w) x 54

5 mm (w) x 54 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally-pierced ball suspension

leather tab with a very smooth-finished dark brown upper stitched in place on the underside at the right end

204 mm x 266 mm

while in training with the 198th

Accompanied by photocopies of three pages of his service records

Austria, Imperial. A Medal For Bravery, Gold Grade, By Georg Leisek, C.1917 Auction Archive 5 mm (w) x 54(Tapferkeitsmedaille in Gold). Instituted 19 July 1789 by Emperor Joseph II. (1866 1917 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, the obverse with a rightward facing profile of Emperor Franz Joseph I, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse with an inscription of DER TAPFERKEIT (TO BRAVERY), within a laurel wreath and above crossed standards, the obverse maker marked LEISEK, the edge