reverse illustrating the Secretariat Building
recognizing his contributions to the fight against unemployment
with ribbed grip on the bronze handle
measuring 148 mm (w) x 209 mm (l)
his actual birth year was discovered to be 1876
Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) Newly Listed reverse illustrating the Secretariat Building(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 17th, 1789. Type I (1849 1859). A Bravery Medal, I. Class, consisting of a round medal constructed of silver, with a horizontally oriented oval fixed loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, the obverse with a leftward facing effigy of Franz Joseph I, circumscribed Franz Joseph I Kaiser von Oesterreich in capital letters, the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit (For Bravery) within a laurel