Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, II. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) Republic of SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division Horst Wessel)

SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division Horst Wessel)

His unit was involved in combat in Flanders and Artois

Privately punched on reverse: W T 1

in addition to minor oxidation and loss of finish to the nickel-silver fixtures

France and Germany Star with Atlantic Clasp (bronze

Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, II. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) Republic of SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division Horst Wessel)(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 17th, 1789. Type I (1849 1859). A Bravery Medal, II. Class, consisting of a round medal constructed of silver, with a horizontally oriented oval fixed loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing effigy of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed Franz Joseph I Kaiser von Oesterreich in capital letters, the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit (For Bravery) within a laurel