three of which were combat missions
most memorably on the night of 20-21 October in a strike against Leipzig
where elements of the 116th Regiment of the 29th Infantry Division were pinned down by murderous machine-gun fire and mortars from the heights above
A faint maker’s mark reading “KNAGGE & PEITZ
with obverse bearing “Merito Di Gverra” bearing the monogram of Victor Emanual III
Austria, Empire. A Lot of Four Medals, Awards, and Decorations Hold three of which were combatA lot of four imperial Austrian medals, awards, and decorations, consisting of: 1. A Bravery Medal. (Tapferkeitsmedaille). Instituted July 19th, 1789. (Karl I Variant). A circular silver medal, the obverse depicting the rightward facing profile of Karl I, circumscribed by his name and title in Latin, the reverse inscribed Fortitudini (Fortitude) within a laurel wreath with dual crossed flags at the base, on a loop for suspension from its period