Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, II. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) GTRexclude Christopher Columbus)

Christopher Columbus)

An American made ring

measuring 104 mm (w) x 62 mm (h)

A delicate multi-rayed beaded star in silver

Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, II. Class, Type I Franz Joseph I Variant (1849-1859 Issue) GTRexclude Christopher Columbus)(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 17th, 1789. Type I (1849 1859). A Bravery Medal, II. 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