Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, Bronze Grade GTRexclude Pair of shoulder straps

Pair of shoulder straps

each constructed of (silvered and gilded) bronze with multi-coloured enamels

were caught in an ambush

and no trace whatever has been found of the aircraft of its crew

the ring in bakelite

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, Bronze Grade GTRexclude Pair of shoulder straps(Tapferkeitsmedaille in Bronze). Instituted 20 February 1915 by Duke Ernst II. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised Cross Patte, bearing a central Saxon coat of arms, flanked by a date of 1914 and topped by a royal crown, the reverse with a monogram of Duke Ernst II, unmarked, measuring 31. 03 mm in diameter, weighing 12. 7 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in near