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Medal for Bravery, bronze (Bronzene Tapferkeitsmedaille / Bronz Vitézségi Érem), Emperor Franz Joseph I issue, 1915-1916, signed ‘Tautenhayn’

Circular bronze medal with laterally-pierced loop for ribbon suspension; the face with the head and shoulders portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I facing right, circumscribed ‘FRANZ JOSEPH I V. G. G. KAISER V. OESTERREICH’ (Franz Joseph I, by the Grace of God Emperor of Austria), signed ‘TAUTENHAYN’ (for the great sculptor and medallist Josef Tautenhayn 1837-1911); the reverse inscribed ‘DER TAPFERKEIT’ (Bravery) within a wreath laurel imposed on crossed standards; on probably original wartime ribbon. The medal has its origins in the commemorative medals created by Emperor Francis II at the end of the 18th Century for soldiers who had distinguished themselves on the field of battle. Since 1809, these medals have been referred to as the Medal for Bravery (Tapferkeitsmedaille) and were awarded to non-commissioned officers and other ranks for acts of bravery. The bronze medal was instituted on 14 February 1915 as so many awards were being made during World War I.

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