Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, II. Class, Ferdinand I Variant (1839-1849 Issue) Hold A silver outstretched cross pattee

A silver outstretched cross pattee with balls at the ends of the arms

” while the 1943 breast star is marked “900” and “21

A Sound of Distant Drums

dated 23 April 1941 and featuring the letterhead of Reichsleiter Martin Bormann and issued by the Führerhauptquartier (Führer Headquarters)

number impressed "140503" on the reverse

Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, II. Class, Ferdinand I Variant (1839-1849 Issue) Hold A silver outstretched cross pattee(Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 17th, 1789. Ferdinand I Variant (1839 1849 Issue). A Bravery Medal II. Class, consisting of 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 K. Lange near the bottom, the reverse inscribed Der