Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal Auction Archive missing its reverse cartouche

missing its reverse cartouche

on Army field green cloth cloth backing

The order's chapel is the Savoy Chapel in London

constructed of partially blackened and silvered bronze

gold and bronze stars on its original ribbon)

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal Auction Archive missing its reverse cartouche(Tapferkeitsmedaille) Instituted 20 February 1915 by Duke Ernst II. A circular medal constructed of bronze, the obverse bears a raised crossed paty with a central Saxon coat of arms, the 12 oclock arm bears a crown, the 9 and 3 oclock arms bear the date 1914, the reverse bears a crowned cipher E II (Duke Ernst II), with loop for suspension, measuring 32. 16 mm (w) x 35. 91 mm (h), fine.