Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I Class, Ferdinand I Variant (1839-1849 Issue) Auction This is followed by the

This is followed by the Polar Medals

surrounded by a rose-pink soutache

DEMART" on the obverse

surrounded by a black enameled ring

is confirmed in the Abbink Roll

Austria, Empire. A Bravery Medal, I Class, Ferdinand I Variant (1839-1849 Issue) Auction This is followed by the(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