Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, Bronze Grade, C.1915 Archive arriving with the 49th Infantry

arriving with the 49th Infantry Battalion on the 26th

64 mm x 160 mm)

1914 and embarked for Britain on September 26

Dido (effective January 7

one loop on left side of wreath missing

Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy. A Bravery Medal, Bronze Grade, C.1915 Archive arriving with the 49th Infantry(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