Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, Gold Grade, C.1916 Auction Archive A HJ (Hitlerjugend/Hitler Youth) membership

A HJ (Hitlerjugend/Hitler Youth) membership badge

After the seizure of the city

on its original triangular ribbon with hook and eye

JANUAR" and a sword backed by a shield below

Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, Gold Grade, C.1916 Auction Archive A HJ (Hitlerjugend/Hitler Youth) membership(Tapferkeitsmedaille in Gold). Instituted on August 19, 1789. (Type III Issued 1866 1918). A round bronze gilt medal, the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Franz Joseph, circumscribed by his name and title, the reverse inscribed DER TAPFERKEIT (For Bravery), on a broad loop for suspension from its period original tri fold ribbon, marked Bronze on the rim, measuring 40. 27 mm in diameter, weighing 21. 3 grams, in overall extremely fine