Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, Bronze Grade, C.1915 Newly Listed a worn example in ground

a worn example in ground found condition

flanked by a date of “1914”

with its original paper backer intact

Pinned into the cap band underneath the eagle is a cockade and wreath

210 mm x 332 mm)

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, Bronze Grade, C.1915 Newly Listed a worn example in ground(Taperkeitsmedaille in Bronze). Instituted 20 February 1915 by Duke Ernst II. (1915 1918 issue). Constructed of bronzed zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised Cross Patte bearing a central Saxe Altenburg coat of arms, flanked by a date of 1914, topped by a royal crown, the reverse with a monogram of Ernst II, unmarked, measuring 31. 00 mm in diameter, weighing 13. 1 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in