Austria, Empire. An Officer’s Bravery Medal - I Class, Karl I Variant (1917-1918 Issue) certificate_of_authenticity with punched holes

with punched holes

In die stamped silver nickel

flanked by a coat of arms

two days before he was discharged from hospital on October 28th

Austria, Empire. An Officer’s Bravery Medal - I Class, Karl I Variant (1917-1918 Issue) certificate_of_authenticity with punched holes(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 17th, 1789. Karl I Variant (1917 1918 Issue). A Bravery Medal I Class, consisting of a round medal constructed of silver, with a pierced ball suspension and a swivel ring for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon bearing a metal K for officers, the obverse with a rightward facing effigy of Karl I circumscribed by his name and title, the reverse inscribed Fortitudini (Fortitude) within a laurel