Austria, Imperial. A Karl I Bravery Silver Medal, Ii Class, Iv Award, By Kautsch, C.1918 certificate_of_authenticity one prong missing on each

one prong missing on each disk

with separation evident in the stitching where the sweatband butts the visor

He completed Grade 12 at Cartmel Grammar School in England and left school at the age of 17 to enlist

and date letter for 1954 (M)

on September 17

Austria, Imperial. A Karl I Bravery Silver Medal, Ii Class, Iv Award, By Kautsch, C.1918 certificate_of_authenticity one prong missing on each(Tapferkeitsmedaille in Silber II. Klasse). Instituted 19 July 1789. A round, silver plated bronze medal, the obverse depicting Karl I, circumscribed by his name and title, the reverse inscribed DER TAPFERKEIT (FOR BRAVERY) within a laurel wreath tied together at the base, maker marked KAUTSCH on obverse, measuring 31. 11 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 9 grams, on loop for suspension from its period original war time ribbon, with three repetition clasps