Austria, Empire. A Gold Grade Bravery Medal, Officers Version, C.1918 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac designed so that the end

designed so that the end of the crossguard terminates in the eagle's mouth

where the Colonel was Major General Baron Barsse and at the time of his discharge

inscribed "Wer mutig für Sein Vaterland gefallen der baut sich selbst in ewig Monument / Th

Antifaev was declared "Missing" and later "Presumed Dead"

GIRR / OSKALOOSA #34"

Austria, Empire. A Gold Grade Bravery Medal, Officers Version, C.1918 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac designed so that the endA round medal in gilded bronze; the obverse depicting the rightward facing bust of Kaiser Karl, circumscribed by his name and title; marked Kautsch on the obverse; the reverse inscribed Fortitudini (Fortitude), within a laurel wreath with Austrian flags in the background; on a Stielhenkelose style suspension, marked bronze on edge, with a period original ribbon, with a gilt K denoting that the medal was intended for an officer; measuring 39. 56mm (w)