Austria, Imperial. A Silver Bravery Medal, First Class, Fourth Award, C.1916 Archive a torpedo that ripped out

a torpedo that ripped out her forepeak and destroyed the bridge and radio struck Spikenard (the port side bow near the bridge)

the other half on the reverse side remaining intact

A handwritten note reads “Herbert Backe Staatssekretär” (State Secretary)

maker mark engraved "De Vigne Hart / 6

1960-70 period

Austria, Imperial. A Silver Bravery Medal, First Class, Fourth Award, C.1916 Archive a torpedo that ripped out1914 1917. (Silberne Tapferkeitsmedaille I. Klasse). A round silvered zink medal; the obverse depicting a rightward facing Kaiser Franz Joseph, circumscribed by his name and title; the reverse inscribed Der Tapferkeit (German For Bravery), within a laurel wreath within Austrian flags in the background; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with three repetition clasps; marked with a Vienna assay city mark on the rim of the medal;