Saxony, Kingdom. A Bronze Medal For Life-Saving, Version VI, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity green-tinged khaki wool upper

green-tinged khaki wool upper

At the time of the award

flanked by red stripes on either side with thin bands of blue piping along the side edges

the cover page with issue number “172139” and a letter “J” stamped in red ink indicating that Gottschalk was Jewish

It exhibits contact marks

Saxony, Kingdom. A Bronze Medal For Life-Saving, Version VI, C.1910 certificate_of_authenticity green-tinged khaki wool upper(Bronzene Medaille fr Lebensrettung VI. Form). Instituted 18 May 1831 by King Anton and Regent Friedrich August. (1905 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised rightward facing profile of King Friedrich August III, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central inscription of FR LEBENS RETTUNG (FOR RESCUE OF LIFE), within a circular oak leaf wreath,