Austria, Empire. A Gold Grade Bravery Medal, Officers Version, C.1918 Auction Private Hawkins was admitted to

Private Hawkins was admitted to No

It is decorated with a well-detailed silvered bronze eagle insignia on the peak with its swastika in black

Ernst Ludwig lost his title after the end of the First War with the end of the monarchy in Germany

the obverse featuring a scalloped border cascading toward a flat base

measures 71mm in diameters

Austria, Empire. A Gold Grade Bravery Medal, Officers Version, C.1918 Auction Private Hawkins was admitted toA round medal in gilded bronze; the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Karl, circumscribed by his name and title; marked Kautsch on the obverse; the reverse inscribed Fortitudini (Fortitude), within a laurel wreath with Austrian flags in the background; on a Stielhenkelose style suspension, marked bronze on edge, with a period original ribbon, with a gilt K denoting that the medal was intended for an officer; measuring 39. 56mm (w)