Austria, Empire. A Lot of Two Medals & Decorations (Bravery/Long Service) GTRexclude The interior is completed by

The interior is completed by dual zink buttons stitched into the collar

the reverse presents the central engraved “Order of Merit Decoration” characters

some scuff marks on bottom

the reverse presents a horizontal pin

With the war raging in France

Austria, Empire. A Lot of Two Medals & Decorations (Bravery/Long Service) GTRexclude The interior is completed byA lot of two Austro Hungarian medals and decorations consisting of: 1. (Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 19th, 1789. Type III (1866 1914 Issue). A Bravery Medal I. Class, a round silver medal, with a horizontally oriented oval ring for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse depicting a rightward facing effigy of Kaiser Franz Joseph of Austria, circumscribed Franz Joseph I. V. G. G Kaiser v. Oesterreich, marked Leisek near the