Austria, Empire. A Silver Bravery Medal, II Class, Franz Joseph I, Type III, c.1900 GTRexclude 1946 (Canada Gazette 3166)

1946 (Canada Gazette 3166)

148th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge (in pickled brass

for which he was awarded a black wound badge

the book is brimming with photographs of the medals awarded to Saskatchewan-based soldiers over the years

rim stamped with official Bavarian State mint hallmark (BAYER

Austria, Empire. A Silver Bravery Medal, II Class, Franz Joseph I, Type III, c.1900 GTRexclude 1946 (Canada Gazette 3166)(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 19th, 1789. (Franz Joseph I Type III 1866 1914 issue). A circular silver medal, the obverse depicting the rightward facing profile of Kaiser Franz Joseph I of Austria, circumscribed by his name and title in German, the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit within an open ended laurel wreath with a Trophy of Arms at the base, with an affixed suspension ring for suspension from its period original ribbon, measuring 31.