Austria, Empire. An Officer’s Bravery Medal - I Class, Karl I Variant (1917-1918 Issue) visually-hidden pasted to an off-white card

pasted to an off-white card stock backer and situated above von der Heydte’s handwritten signature in blue ink

(1921-1941)

The cap band is flanked on each side by blackened magnetic metal rivets

constructed of two pieces of card stock with a red canvas exterior liner

maker marked "DENON

Austria, Empire. An Officer’s Bravery Medal - I Class, Karl I Variant (1917-1918 Issue) visually-hidden pasted to an off-white card(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 17th, 1789. Karl I Variant (1917 1918 Issue). A Bravery Medal I Class, consisting of a round medal constructed of silver, with a pierced ball suspension and a swivel ring for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon bearing a metal K for officers, the obverse with a rightward facing effigy of Karl I circumscribed by his name and title, the reverse inscribed Fortitudini (Fortitude) within a laurel