Austria, Imperial. A Silver Medal For The Defense Of Tirol, 1848 Hold 1 Clasp - 1914-1918

1 Clasp - 1914-1918

enabling the rapid capture of frontier forts and the capital Mandalay

In his later years

pierced ring suspension with original ribbon

a very fine quality worn example

Austria, Imperial. A Silver Medal For The Defense Of Tirol, 1848 Hold 1 Clasp - 1914-1918An example of an 1848 issue silver Commemorative Medal for the Defense of Tirol (Silberne Tiroler Erinnerungsmedaille); a round silver medal; the obverse depicting the leftward facing bust of a young Kaiser Franz Josef, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse inscribed Dem Tiroler Landes Verteidiger 1848 (The Tirol Defenders), as well as Mit Gott fr Kaiser und Vaterland (With God for Kaiser and the Fatherland); marked K. Lange on the obverse;