Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I Class, Ferdinand I Variant (1839-1849 Issue) United Republic of including a screwback plate and

including a screwback plate and a retaining nut- marked “DRGM” with the patent number “653146” on the reverse

A rare and very well-preserved Waffen-SS Infantry Officer’s visor cap

the obverse centre bears the crowned monogram W on a green-enamelled background

and about 20 seconds later

one (bronze) appears finished while the other two are first strikes

Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I Class, Ferdinand I Variant (1839-1849 Issue) United Republic of including a screwback plate and(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 17th, 1789. Ferdinand I Variant (1839 1849 Issue). 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 rightward facing effigy of Ferdinand I, circumscribed Ferdinand Kaiser von Oesterreich in capital letters, marked I. D Boem F. near the bottom, the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit (For Bravery) within a