Austria, Imperial. A Silver Bravery Medal, First Class, Fourth Award, C.1916 Archive most of silver wash worn

most of silver wash worn off

1944 at RAF Ludford Magna

a torpedo that ripped out her forepeak and destroyed the bridge and radio struck Spikenard (the port side bow near the bridge)

Royal Marines Light Infantry was born in Sligo

the other half on the reverse side remaining intact

Austria, Imperial. A Silver Bravery Medal, First Class, Fourth Award, C.1916 Archive most of silver wash worn1914 1917. (Silberne Tapferkeitsmedaille I. Klasse). A round silvered zink medal; the obverse depicting a rightward facing Kaiser Franz Joseph, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit (German For Bravery), within a laurel wreath within Austrian flags in the background; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with three repetition clasps; marked with a Vienna assay city mark on the rim of the medal;