Austria, Imperial. A Silver Bravery Medal, Second Class, C.1848 Hold Gertrude Burnside

Gertrude Burnside

A Silver Grade Wound Badge by Hauptmünzamt Wien -  In tombac

in painted and bronzed metal

in Gold and enamels

It shows Oberfeldwebel (Staff Sergeant) Hans Fiedler of the 9th Company of Grenadier Regiment 309

Austria, Imperial. A Silver Bravery Medal, Second Class, C.1848 Hold Gertrude BurnsideAn example of an 1848 issue silver bravery medal; second class; a round silver medal; the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Ferdinand I, circumscribed by his name and title; marked K. Lange on the obverse; the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit (For Bravery), within a laurel wreath with Austrian flags in the background; on a loop for suspension; with a correct replacement ribbon with a collectors tag attached to the reverse;