210 mm x 332 mm)
with its original paper backer intact
Pinned into the cap band underneath the eagle is a cockade and wreath
starting with Frischmann’s mustering on February 4
a worn example in ground found condition
Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, Bronze Grade, C.1915 Newly Listed 210 mm x 332 mm)(Taperkeitsmedaille in Bronze). Instituted 20 February 1915 by Duke Ernst II. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised Cross Patte bearing a central Saxe Altenburg coat of arms, flanked by a date of 1914, topped by a royal crown, the reverse with a monogram of Ernst II, unmarked, measuring 31. 00 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 1 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in