Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I Class, Ferdinand I Variant (1839-1849 Issue) Auction surrounded by a rose-pink soutache

surrounded by a rose-pink soutache

the interior presenting a crème coloured velvet recessed medal bed with silk lid interior stamped with ROTHE makers mark

The general design was likely derived from the British Combined Operations badge

This is followed by the Polar Medals

surrounded by a black enameled ring

Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I Class, Ferdinand I Variant (1839-1849 Issue) Auction surrounded by a rose-pink soutache(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 17th, 1789. Ferdinand I Variant (1839 1849 Issue). 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 rightward facing effigy of Ferdinand I, circumscribed Ferdinand Kaiser von Oesterreich in capital letters, marked I. D Boem F. near the bottom, the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit (For Bravery) within a